chamber

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UK /ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/ US /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚ/

noun 5verb 5name 1

Collocations

(noun.) room/enclosed space

ADJ

dark, dim | secret | inner, main, outer | underground, subterranean

burial, tomb

Archaeologists discovered ancient artifacts inside the large burial chamber beneath the pyramid.

torture

gas

The scientists used a special gas chamber to test how the new material would react.

decompression

CHAMBER + NOUN

door

(noun.) large room, especially used for formal meetings

ADJ

grand, great, large, vast | high-ceilinged, vaulted | conference, council, debating

PREP

in a/the ~

(noun.) part of a government

ADJ

first, lower, second, upper

elected

The newly elected chamber voted to approve the important new law.

legislative, parliamentary

PHRASES

the Chamber of Deputies

Definitions

noun

A room or set of rooms

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, / While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

A room or set of rooms

verb

To enclose in a room.

She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.

To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

I chambered with Alexander Preston.

To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.

The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.

To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.

The rifle was originally chambered for 9mm, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.

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.

Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a room used primarily for sleeping

bedroom
bedchamber

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

blue chamber

A forbidden room.

“[…] Matty would scarcely find fault with my visiting their blue chamber. […]”

Example Bank

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, / While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some

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A committee of marriageable ladies, or of any Christian persons interested in the propagation of the domestic virtues, should employ a Cruikshank or a Leech, or some other kindly expositor of the foll

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"Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a ch

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She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.

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I chambered with Alexander Preston.

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The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, chamber is marked as UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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