chambre
noun
- 1
A room or set of rooms, particularly:
- 2
A chamberpot.
- 3
The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
“The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.”
- 4
Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
“A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber”
- 5
An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
- 6
The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
“Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.”
- 7
One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
- 8
A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
- 9
One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
noun
- 1
A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.
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