📖 Definitions of "Chamber"
- 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"
- 1
To enclose in a room.
"She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out."
- 2
To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
- 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
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."
- 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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