chamber

[Cham·ber]

A chamber is an enclosed space, often where a specific event usually takes place such as a sleeping chamber or a torture chamber.

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

Noun
a room used primarily for sleeping

Noun
a natural or artificial enclosed space

Noun
a room where a judge transacts business

Noun
an enclosed volume (as the aqueous chamber of the eyeball or the chambers of the heart)

Noun
a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"

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Verb
place in a chamber

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

n.
Apartments in a lodging house.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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A chamber pot.

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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.

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

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

v. i.
To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

v. i.
To be lascivious.

v. t.
To shut up, as in a chamber.

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

Chamber

Cham"ber , n. [F. chambre, fr. L. camera vault, arched roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. anything with a vaulted roof or arched covering; cf. Skr. kmar to be crooked. Cf. Camber, Camera, Comrade.] 1. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers. 2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in chambers." Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. 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. pl. (Law.) 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. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) 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. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ornance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary. -- Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. -- Chamber council, a secret council. Shak. -- Chamber counsel ∨ counselor, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. -- Chamber fellow, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. -- Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. -- Chamber lye, urine. Shak. -- Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or chuch. -- Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. -- To sit at chambers, to do business in chambers, as a judge.

Chamber

Cham"ber , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chambered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chambering.] 1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. 2. To be lascivious. [Obs.]

Chamber

Cham"ber, v. t. 1. To shut up, as inn a chamber. Shak. 2. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.

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

To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

To shut up, as inn a chamber.

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Experience is never limited, and it is never complete it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.

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