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Chamber

/ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/

A room or set of rooms, particularly:

📖 Definitions of "Chamber"

noun
  1. 1

    A room or set of rooms, particularly:

  2. 2

    A chamberpot.

  3. 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. 4

    Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.

    "A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber"

verb
  1. 1

    To enclose in a room.

    "She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out."

  2. 2

    To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

  3. 3

    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."

  4. 4

    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."

noun
  1. 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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