chamber

cham·ber

 (chām′bər)

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 The private office where the judge consults with parties and conducts business not required to be brought in open 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 (a round) in the chamber of a firearm.

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

3. To furnish with a chamber or chambers: tombs that were chambered.

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

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chamber

(ˈtʃeɪmbə)

n

1. a meeting hall, esp one used for a legislative or judicial assembly

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a reception room or audience room in an official residence, palace, etc

3. archaic or poetic a room in a private house, esp a bedroom

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a. a legislative, deliberative, judicial, or administrative assembly

b. any of the houses of a legislature

5. an enclosed space; compartment; cavity: the smallest chamber in the caves.

6. (Nautical Terms) the space between two gates of the locks of a canal, dry dock, etc

7. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an enclosure for a cartridge in the cylinder of a revolver or for a shell in the breech of a cannon

8. (Historical Terms) obsolete a place where the money of a government, corporation, etc, was stored; treasury

9. (Furniture) short for chamberpot

10. (Agriculture) NZ the freezing room in an abattoir

11. (Classical Music) (modifier) of, relating to, or suitable for chamber music: a chamber concert.

vb

(tr) to put in or provide with a chamber

[C13: from Old French chambre, from Late Latin camera room, Latin: vault, from Greek kamara]

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cham•ber

(ˈtʃeɪm bər)

n.

1. a usu. private room in a house or apartment, esp. a bedroom.

2. a room in a palace or official residence.

3.

a. a legislative, judicial, or other assembly, or a branch of such an assembly: the upper and lower chambers of a legislature.

b. a room housing such an assembly.

4. chambers, a place where a judge hears matters not requiring action in open court.

5. an enclosed space; cavity: a chamber of the heart.

6. a receptacle for one or more cartridges in a firearm, or for a shell in a gun.

adj.

7. of, pertaining to, or performing chamber music: chamber players.

v.t.

8. to put or enclose in or as if in a chamber.

9. to provide with a chamber.

[1175–1225; Middle English chambre < Old French < Latin camera, variant of camara vaulted room, vault < Greek kamára]

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chamber

Past participle: chambered
Gerund: chambering

Imperative

chamber

chamber

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space air lock, airlock - a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure air-raid shelter, bomb shelter, bombproof - a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave cofferdam, pneumatic caisson, caisson - large watertight chamber used for construction under water camera obscura - a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface core - the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place piston chamber, cylinder - a chamber within which piston moves enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose firing chamber, gun chamber - chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge furnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. hyperbaric chamber - a large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere; used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning particle detector - a chamber in which particles can be made visible cavity resonator, resonating chamber, resonator - a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves steam chest - the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder fireroom, stokehold, stokehole - (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired packing box, stuffing box - a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal tokamak - a doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research; a plasma is heated and confined in a magnetic bottle vacuum chamber - a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed
	2.	chamber - an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy" bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body heart ventricle, ventricle - a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries atrium - any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
	3.	chamber - a room where a judge transacts business diwan, divan - a Muslim council chamber or law court room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
	4.	chamber - a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate" assembly - a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
	5.	chamber - a room used primarily for sleeping   bedchamber, bedroom, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" boudoir - a lady's bedroom or private sitting room child's room - a bedroom for a child dorm room, dormitory room, dormitory - a large sleeping room containing several beds dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" guestroom - a bedroom that is kept for the use of guests hotel room - a bedroom (usually with bath) in a hotel master bedroom - the principal bedroom in a house; usually occupied by the head of the household motel room - a sleeping room in a motel room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
Verb	1.	chamber - place in a chamber domiciliate, house, put up - provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"

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chamber

noun

1. hall, room We are going to be in the council chamber when he speaks.

2. council, assembly, legislature, legislative body the main political chamber of the Slovenian parliament

3. room, bedroom, apartment, enclosure, cubicle We shall dine together in my chamber.

4. compartment, hollow, cavity The incinerator works by focusing the sun's rays onto a cylindrical glass chamber.

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Translations

أحَدُ مَجْلِسَي البَرْلَمانحُجْرَةُ الخَرْطوشَة في سِلاحٍ ناريغُرْفَهمَجْلِس

komoramístnostsněmovnazásobník

kammersal

KammerPlenarsaalRaumSchlafgemachSchlafzimmer

θαλάμηκάμαρα

ĉambro

cámaracuartorecámara

kamarikammiolipasmakuuhuone

chambrepiècesallebarilbarillet

hálószobakamarakamra

herbergiòingdeildòingsalurskothólf

cameracamera di caricamentocamera di consiglioospitarestudio di avvocato

cameracubiculum

kambarinėkamerinė muzikalizdasrūmaisalė

aptvereistabazāle

kamerslaapkamer

advokatkontordommerkontorforsamlingssalkammersal

câmaraquarto

палатакамерныйкомнатапатронникспальня

miestnosťsnemovňa

bölmeboşlukmeclismermi yuvasıoda

会议厅弹膛房间议院

chamber

[ˈtʃeɪmbəʳ]

A. N

1. [of parliament] → cámara f (o.f.) (= esp bedroom) → aposento (o.f.) m chambers [of judge] → despacho m; [of barrister] → bufete m
the Upper/Lower Chamber (Pol) → la Cámara Alta/Baja
chamber of commerce → cámara f de comercio

2. [of gun] → recámara f

B. CPD chamber concert N → concierto m de cámara
chamber music N → música f de cámara
chamber orchestra N → orquesta f de cámara
chamber pot N → orinal m

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chamber

[ˈtʃeɪmbə^r]

n

(= room) → chambre f

(= house of parliament) → Chambre f chambers

npl [lawyer] → cabinet m
to hear a case in chambers → juger une cause en référé, juger un cas en référéchamber concert n → concert m de musique de chambre

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chamber

n

(old: = room) → Gemach nt (old), → Raum m; (= bedroom) → Schlafgemach nt (old); chamber of horrors → Horrorkabinett nt

(Brit) chambers pl (of solicitor) → Kanzlei f; (of judge) → Dienst- or Amtszimmer nt

Chamber of Commerce → Handelskammer f; the Upper/Lower Chamber (Parl) → die Erste/Zweite Kammer

(Anat) → (Herz)kammer f

(of revolver) → Kammer f

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chamber

:

chambermaid

n → Zimmermädchen nt, → Kammerzofe f (old)

chamber music

n → Kammermusik f

chamber orchestra

n → Kammerorchester nt

chamber pot

n → Nachttopf m

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chamber

[ˈtʃeɪmbəʳ] n (of parliament) → camera; (old) (room) → stanza chambers npl (of judge, lawyer) → studio

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chamber

(ˈtʃeimbə) noun

1. a room. kamer غُرْفَه стая quarto místnost die Kammer kammer δωμάτιο, θάλαμοςcuarto kamber اتاق huone pièceחדר कक्ष soba, odaja szoba kamar (svefn)herbergi camera 部屋 방 kambarys istaba kamar kamerkammer, værelse; advokat-/dommerkontor izba, pomieszczenie كوټه، دخوب كوټه: دقانون ساز مجلس خونه: دمانچې جاغور (ججوره): غونډه (لكه دتجارت): محكمه quarto cameră комната miestnosť soba odaja kammare, rum ห้อง oda 房間 кімната کمرہ phòng ngủ 房间

2. the place where an assembly (eg Parliament) meets. There were few members left in the chamber. kamer مَجْلِس камара câmara sněmovna der Sitzungssaal sal αίθουσαcámara koosolekuruum سالن مجلس istuntosali chambreלשכה कचहरी dom kamara ruangan þingsalur Camera 会議場 회의장 salė zāle Dewan Perundangan vergaderzaalsalizba دقانون ساز مجلس خونه): محكمه câmara cameră, sală de şedinţe зал; палата snemovňa zbornica komora kammare ห้องประชุม senato/meclis salonu 會議廳 зала کسی اجتماع کا کمرہ phòng lớn để họp 会议厅

3. such an assembly. the Upper and Lower Chambers. kamer أحَدُ مَجْلِسَي البَرْلَمان камара câmara sněmovna die Kammer kammer τμήμα της Βουλής cámara koda مجلس kamari chambre בֵּית הַנִבחָרִים सभा dom ház majelis þingdeild camera 議院 회의 rūmai palāta dewan kamerforsamlingizba مجلس câmara cameră палата snemovňa zbornica, gornji/spodnji dom dom kammare การประชุม meclis, senato 議院 палата ایوانِ بالا اور ایوانِ زیریں viện 议院

4. an enclosed space or cavity eg the part of a gun which holds the bullets. Many pistols have chambers for six bullets. kamer حُجْرَةُ الخَرْطوشَة في سِلاحٍ ناري патронник compartimento zásobník die Gewehrkammer kammer θαλάμη όπλου cámara õõs, padrunipesa فشنگ خور pesä chambreתא सदन, कक्ष šaržer tölténytartó ruang skothólf camera 薬室 약실 lizdas aptvere ruang peluru pistol patroonkamer kammerkomora جاغور compartimento cameră патронник komora komora, prekat prostor kammare ลำกล้องปืน bölme, boşluk, mermi yuvası 彈膛 патронник; камора مشین یا بندوق وغیرہ کا خانہ ổ đạn 弹膛

ˈchambermaid noun

a female servant or hotel worker in charge of bedrooms. kamerbediende, kamermeisie خادِمَه في فُنْدُق камериерка criada de quarto pokojská, služebná das Stubenmädchen stuepige καμαριέραcamarera, doncella toateenija خدمتکار زن kamarineito femme de chambre חַדרָנִית दासी sobarica szobalány pelayan þjónustustúlka cameriera 部屋係の女性 (호텔 등의) 객실담당 여종업원 kambarinė apkopēja; istabene pengemas bilik kamermeisjestuepikepokojówka نرس criada de quarto cameristă горничная chyžná sobarica sobarica städerska, husa หญิงสาวที่มีหน้าที่ทำความสะอาดห้องนอน oda hizmetçisi 飯店客房女服務員 покоївка خابگاہوں کی نچارج ملازمہ nữ phục vụ phòng 女服务员

chamber music

music for a small group of players, suitable for a room rather than a large hall. kamermusiek موسيقى تَعْزِفُها فِرْقَةٌ صَغيرَه камерна музика música de câmara komorní hudba die Kammermusik kammermusik μουσική δωματίου música de cámara kammermuusika دسته کوچکی از نوازندگان kamarimusiikki musique de chambre מוּזִיקָה קָמרִית चैम्बर संगीत komorna glazba kamarazene musik kamar kammermúsík musica da camera 室内楽 실내악 kamerinė muzika kamermūzika muzik kamar kamermuziek kammermusikk muzyka kameralna د موسیقی کوچنی گروپ música de câmara muzică de cameră камерная музыка komorná hudba komorna glasba kamerna muzika kammarmusik บทเพลงที่เขียนขึ้นสำหรับวงที่มีเครื่องดนตรีน้อยชิ้น oda müziği 室內樂 камерна музика چند گلوکاروں کا گانا nhạc thính phòng 室内乐

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cham·ber

n. cámara, cavidad;

anterior ___ → ___ anterior, situada entre la córnea y el iris;

aqueous ___ → ___ acuosa;

___ -s of the eye → ___ -s oculares;

___ -s of the heart → cavidades del corazón: aurículas y ventrículos del corazón;

hyperbaric ___ → ___ hiperbárica.

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chamber

n cámara; decompression — cámara de descompresión; hyperbaric — cámara hiperbárica; valved holding — (for metered-dose inhaler) cámara espaciadora con válvula

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