* chambre (obsolete)

From French _chambre_, from Latin _camera_, from Ancient Greek _καμάρα_ (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).

* (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/

CHAMBER (_plural_ CHAMBERS) * A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room. * 1845, Edgar Allen Poe, _The Raven_, Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my CHAMBER door. * An enclosed space. _the CHAMBER of a canal lock; the CHAMBER of a furnace; the CHAMBER of the eye_ _A_ test chamber _is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed._ * (firearms) The portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge; each of the cylindrical compartments of a revolver that can hold a bullet _Dianne loaded a cartridge into the CHAMBER of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target._ * One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others. _The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower CHAMBER._ * A law office in a building housing several such offices, typically the office of a barrister in the United Kingdom or in the imagination of an African scammer. * (dated, in the plural) Apartments in a lodging house. * Thackeray a bachelor's life in CHAMBERS * (obsolete) A chamber pot. * (historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades. TRANSLATIONS DERIVED TERMS * torture chamber RELATED TERMS * bubble chamber * chamberlain * chambermaid * chamber music * chamber of commerce * chamber pot * cloud chamber * in chambers * Wilson chamber

CHAMBER (_third-person singular simple present_ CHAMBERS, _present participle_ CHAMBERING, _simple past and past participle_ CHAMBERED) * To enclose in a room. _She had CHAMBERED herself in her room, and wouldn't come out._ * To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. * 1893, _Publications of the Scottish History Society_ (volume 14, page 64) I CHAMBERED with Alexander Preston. * 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._ * 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._ * In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy. _Bob CHAMBERED his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first._ * (obsolete) To be lascivious.

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