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1. (n.) chamber
a usu. private room in a house or apartment, esp. a bedroom.
2. chamber
a room in a palace or official residence.
3. chamber
a legislative, judicial, or other assembly, or a branch of such an assembly:
the upper and lower chambers of a legislature.
4. chamber
a room housing such an assembly.
5. chamber
chambers,
6. chamber
a place where a judge hears matters not requiring action in open court.
7. chamber
an enclosed space; cavity:
a chamber of the heart.
8. chamber
a receptacle for one or more cartridges in a firearm, or for a shell in a gun.
9. (adj.) chamber
of, pertaining to, or performing chamber music:
chamber players.
10. (v.t.) chamber
to put or enclose in or as if in a chamber.
11. chamber
to provide with a chamber.
Etymology: (1855–60)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) chamber
a natural or artificial enclosed space
2. (noun) chamber
an enclosed volume in the body
"the chambers of his heart were healthy"
3. (noun) chamber
a room where a judge transacts business
4. (noun) chamber
a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly
"the upper chamber is the senate"
5. (verb) bedroom, sleeping room, sleeping accommodation, chamber, bedchamber
a room used primarily for sleeping
6. (verb) chamber
place in a chamber
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1. (noun) chamber
a room for a particular purpose
a burial chamber
2. chamber
an area separated from the whole for a particular purpose
one of the chambers of the heart; the cooling chamber in the machine
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) chamber
a retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers
2. (noun) chamber
apartments in a lodging house
3. (noun) chamber
a hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber
4. (noun) chamber
a legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce
5. (noun) chamber
a compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye
6. (noun) chamber
a room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court
7. (noun) chamber
a chamber pot
8. (noun) chamber
that part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns
9. (noun) chamber
a cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder
10. (noun) chamber
a short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades
11. (verb) chamber
to reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers
12. (verb) chamber
to be lascivious
13. (verb) chamber
to shut up, as in a chamber
14. (verb) chamber
to furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun
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Sense: a room.
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 Afrikaans: kamer |
 Arabic: غُرْفَه |
 Bulgarian: стая |
 Brazilian: quarto |
 Czech: místnost |
 German: die Kammer |
 Danish: kammer |
 Greek: δωμάτιο, θάλαμος |
 Spanish: cuarto |
 Estonian: kamber |
 Farsi: اتاق |
 Finnish: huone |
 French: pièce |
 Hebrew: חֶדֶר |
 Hindi: कक्ष |
 Croatian: soba, odaja |
 Hungarian: szoba |
 Indonesian: kamar |
 Icelandic: (svefn)herbergi |
 Italian: camera |
 Japanese: 部屋 |
 Korean: 방 |
 Lithuanian: kambarys |
 Latvian: istaba |
 Malay: kamar |
 Dutch: kamer |
 Norwegian: kammer, værelse; advokat- |
 Polish: izba, pomieszczenie |
 Persian: اتاق |
 Pashto: كوټه، دخوب كوټه: دقانون س |
 Portuguese: quarto |
 Romanian: cameră |
 Russian: комната |
 Slovak: miestnosť |
 Slovenian: soba |
 Serbian: odaja |
 Swedish: kammare, rum |
 Thai: ห้อง |
 Turkish: oda |
 Taiwanese: 房間 |
 Ukrainian: кімната |
 Urdu: کمرہ |
 Vietnamese: phòng ngủ |
 Chinese: 房间 |
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