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chamber

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1. chamber - Noun

2. chamber - Verb

3. Chamber - Proper noun

Meaning

A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.

Apartments in a lodging house.

A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.

A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.

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.

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.

A chamber pot.

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.

A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder.

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

To be lascivious.

To shut up, as in a chamber.

To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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the chambers of his heart were healthy Source: Internet

the upper chamber is the senate Source: Internet

ABC News' Katherine Faulders, inside the Senate chamber, says the public seats in the chamber were packed -- unlike any other time during the trial -- yet it's so quiet you can hear a pin drop. Source: Internet

20th Century American composer Morton Feldman used the celesta in many of his large-scale chamber pieces such as Crippled Symmetry and For Philip Guston, and it figured in much of his orchestral music and other pieces as well. Source: Internet

According to the Kamoenai village assembly, the local chamber of commerce submitted a petition Tuesday calling for progress in measures aimed at moving toward a literature survey. Source: Internet

20th-century solo and chamber music In the second half of the century, new composers began giving back to the trombone a level of importance in solo and chamber music. Source: Internet

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