chamber

noun

A room or set of rooms, particularly:

The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.

A bedroom.

The room used for deliberation by a legislature.

The private office of a judge.

Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.

(UK) A single law office in a building housing several.

(biology) An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.

(firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.

(firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.

One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.

(figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.

A surname.

(historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.

(dated, usually in the plural) Rooms in a lodging house.

(obsolete) Ellipsis of chamber pot (“a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers”). [A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.]

verb

(transitive) To enclose in a room.

To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

(transitive) To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.

(transitive) To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.

(martial arts, transitive) To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.

(obsolete) To be lascivious.

Roots

kamaracamera- · Greek · vault, arched cover

Synonyms for chamber

bedchambern bedroomn roomn cubiculum counciln

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