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Chambers

/ˈtʃeɪmbəz/

A room or set of rooms, particularly:

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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.

noun
  1. 1

    A judge's private office.

  2. 2

    The rooms used by a barrister or to an association of barristers.

  3. 3

    Bedroom

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bedchambernoun(archaic) A bedroom.
bedroomnounA room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
sleeping roomnouna room used primarily for sleeping
tribunalnoun(law) An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
servicesnoun(business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.
bicameral(government) Of, having, or relating to two separate legislative chambers or houses.
departmentnounA subdivision of an organization.
hallsnoun(UK, uncountable) Student accommodation
divisionnoun(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
facilitiesnoun(euphemistic) Facilities for urination and defecation: a toilet; a lavatory.
sasnounA Central and Eastern European coat of arms.
quartersnoun(by extension) The place where someone or something lives.
officenoun(religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
roomnoun(uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
tubesnoun(Internet slang) The Internet.
housenounA structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
chambrenounA surname.
instancenounA case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
boardsnoun(informal, with "the") A stage (as in a theater).
circuitnoun(electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.

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