Chambered

cham·ber  (chmbr)

n.

1. A room in a house, especially a bedroom.

2. A room where a person of authority, rank, or importance receives visitors.

3. chambers A room in which a judge may consult privately with attorneys or hear cases not taken into court.

4. chambers Chiefly British A suite of rooms, especially one used by lawyers.

5. A hall for the meetings of a legislative or other assembly.

6. A legislative or judicial body.

7. A board or council.

8. A place where municipal or state funds are received and held; a treasury.

9.

a. An enclosed space or compartment: the chamber of a pump; a compression chamber.

b. An enclosed space in the body of an organism; a cavity: the four chambers of the heart.

10.

a. A compartment in a firearm, as in the breech of a rifle or the cylinder of a revolver, that holds the cartridge in readiness for firing.

b. An enclosed space in the bore of a gun that holds the charge.

tr.v. cham·bered, cham·ber·ing, cham·bers

1. To put in or as if in a chamber; enclose or confine.

2. To furnish with a chamber.

3. To design or manufacture (a firearm) to hold a specific type of cartridge.

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[Middle English chaumbre, from Old French chambre, from Late Latin camera, chamber, from Latin, vault, from Greek kamar.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

chambered - having compartmental chambers; "a spiral chambered seashell" divided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"