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chamber - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'chamber' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Chamber [ n.]
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • the upper chamber is the senate