- 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.
2 . Chamber
[ v. i.]
- To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. - To be lascivious.
3 . Chamber
[ v. t.]
- To shut up, as in a chamber. - To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.
Meaning of 'chamber' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . chamber
[ n]
Meaning (1): - an enclosed volume in the body
Example in sentence:
the chambers of his heart were healthy
Meaning (2): - a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly
Plenum chamber water drain valve Plenum chamber water drain valve is a valve used on some vehicles to drain collected condensation from the intake plenum.