Dictionary Definition
chamber
Noun
1 a natural or artificial enclosed space
2 an enclosed volume (as the aqueous chamber of
the eyeball or the chambers of the heart)
3 a room where a judge transacts business
4 a deliberative or legislative or administrative
or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"
5 a room used primarily for sleeping [syn:
bedroom, sleeping
room, bedchamber]
v : place in a chamber
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
- /tʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/ /tSeImb@(r)/ a UK
Noun
- A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.
- 1845, Edgar Allen
Poe, The Raven,
- 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.
- Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
- Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
- 1845, Edgar Allen
Poe, The Raven,
- An enclosed space. For example, a test chamber is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.
- In a firearm, this
is the portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and
during initiation of) its discharge.
- Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
- One of the legislative bodies in a
government where
multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to
others.
- The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.
Translations
bedroom
- Chinese: 房間, 房间 (fáng jiān)
- Esperanto: dormoĉambro
- Finnish: makuuhuone, kamari
- French: chambre, pièce
- German: Raum, Schlafzimmer, Zimmer, Kammer, : Gemach, Schlafgemach
- Greek: κρεβατοκάμαρα [kre̞vato̞ˈkama̞ˌra] , υπνοδωμάτιο [ipno̞ðo̞ˈmatiˌo̞] , κάμαρα [ˈkamaˌra] , κάμαρα [ˈkama̞ˌra] , κάμαρη [ˈkamaˌri] , δωμάτιο [ðo̞ˈmatiˌo̞] , θάλαμος [ˈθalaˌmo̞s] , κοιτώνας [ciˈto̞nas]
- Hungarian: hálószoba
- Italian: camera , camera da letto
- Japanese: (, shinshitsu), (, heya)
- Latin: camera, cubiculum
- Portuguese: câmara, quarto
- Russian: комната (kómnata) , спальня (spál'n'a) bedroom
- Spanish: cámara
enclosed space
- Chinese: 室內, 室內 (shì nèi)
- Czech: komora
- Esperanto: ĉambro, kamero
- Finnish: kammio
- French: chambre, salle
- German: Zimmer, Kammer
- Greek: δωμάτιο [ðo̞ˈmatiˌo̞] , θάλαμος [ˈθalaˌmo̞s] , εντευκτήριο [e̞(n)de̞fˈktiriˌo̞] , αίθουσα [ˈe̞θuˌsa]
- Hungarian: kamra
- Portuguese: câmara
- Russian: камера
- Spanish: cámara
part of a firearm holding the round before
firing
legislative body
- Chinese: 律師, 律师 (lù shī)
- Czech: komora
- Esperanto: ĉambro
- Finnish: kamari
- French: chambre
- German: Plenarsaal = EU. Chamber, Kammer
- Greek: επιμελητήριο [e̞pime̞liˈtiriˌo̞] , διασκεπτήριο [ðiasce̞ˈptiriˌo̞]
- Italian: camera
- Portuguese: câmara
- Russian: палата (paláta)
- Spanish: cámara
Related terms
Verb
- To enclose in a
room.
- She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.
- 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.
Extensive Definition
Chamber may refer to:
- Chamber (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero associated with the X-Men
- Chamber (weaponry), the portion of the barrel or firing cylinder in which the cartridge is inserted prior to being fired
- Chamber (Band), a German band
- A room inside a building
It may also refer to:
- Chambers of commerce, a business network with local, regional, national, international and bi-lateral Chambers
- List of employer associations and other business organizations
- Chambers of parliament, in politics
- Chamber music, a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber
- Combustion chamber, part of an engine in which fuel is burned
The Chamber may also refer to:
- The Chamber (game show), a short-lived game show on FOX
- The
Chamber (novel), a suspense novel by John Grisham
- The Chamber (film), based on the novel
See also
- lookfrom Chamber
chamber in German: Chamber
chamber in Spanish: Cámara
chamber in French: Chambre
chamber in Galician: Cámara
chamber in Italian: Camera
chamber in Portuguese: Câmara
chamber in Russian: Палата
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
British Cabinet, Geiger counter, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, Wilson
chamber, advisory body, alpha pulse analyzer, apartment, assembly, association, atom counter,
ballroom, bedchamber, bedpan, bedroom, bench, board, body, body of advisers, booth, boron counter, borough
council, boudoir,
box, brain trust, cabinet, camarilla, can, cavity, cell, cellule, chamber pot, chambre, chemical closet,
chemical toilet, city council, cloud chamber, commode, common council,
compartment,
conference, congress, consortium, consultative
assembly, cosmic ray counter, council, council fire, council
of ministers, council of state, council of war, counting tube,
county council, court,
crapper, crib, crypt, cubicle, cubiculum, deliberative
assembly, diet, directory, divan, dormitory, electronic counter,
enclosed space, expansion chamber, gamma ray counter, grand
ballroom, haven, heavy
particle counter, hold,
hole, hollow, house, ion counter, ionization
chamber, jerry, john, johnny, jordan, judicature, judiciary, junta, kitchen cabinet, latrine, legislature, manger, niche, nook, nursery, parish council,
particle counter, pew, piss
pot, potty, potty-chair,
privy council, reception room, roof, room, rotunda, salle, shelter, shield, sleeping room, soviet, staff, stall, stool, syndicate, synod, throne, thunder mug, toilet, tribunal, tube counter,
urinal, vault, water
closet