chamber

Speech parts

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

Synonyms

council parliament hall senate house assembly office cell legislature booth room apartment cavity bedroom enclosure
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Antonyms

hall colonnade integer loggia lazaretto all
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Hypernyms

house assembly room cavity enclosure put-up

Hyponyms

sepulchre sepulcher divan diwan atrium hotel room

Phrases with the word

chamber of commerce chamber music upper chamber lower chamber chamber pot diving chamber

Derivatives

chambered chambering

Anagrams

becharm chambre

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

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