English Explanatory Dictionary

chamber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A room or set of rooms
  2. The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
  3. A bedroom.
  4. The private office of a judge.
  5. The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
  6. A single law office in a building housing several.
  7. Rooms in a lodging house.
  8. Ellipsis of chamber pot (“a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers”).
  9. The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
  10. Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
  11. An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
  12. The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
verb
  1. To enclose in a room.
  2. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
  3. To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
  4. To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
  5. 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.
  6. To be lascivious.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/ /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚ/ en-us-chamber.ogg

Word forms

chamber chambers chambre chambering chambered

Etymology

From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”). Doublet of camera.

Synonyms

chamber pot lust blissom

Derived words

air chamber antechamber anterior chamber barochamber bedchamber biochamber black chamber blue chamber bridal chamber bridechamber brood chamber bubble chamber burial chamber chamber candlestick chamber composer chamber ensemble chamberesque chamber foreign chamberful chamber gate chamber horse chamberlain chamber lamp chamberlet chamberlike chamber lye chambermaid chambermate chamber music chamber of commerce chamber of horrors chamber opera chamber orchestra chamber organ chamber play chamber pop chamber pot chamberstick chamber tomb chamber utensil chamberware chamberwoman chamber-work climate chamber cloud chamber combustion chamber cryochamber death chamber decompression chamber dumb chamber echo chamber enchamber gas chamber guestchamber hemichamber horror chamber hyperbaric chamber hyperbaric oxygen chamber in chambers interchamber

Translations

Bulgarian: ста́я Bulgarian: пала́та Esperanto: ĉambro Finnish: huone Finnish: huoneisto Finnish: kamari Galician: cámara Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐌸𐌾𐍉 Ancient Greek: θάλαμος Hindi: कक्ष Hindi: सदन Hindi: मंडल Latin: camera Macedonian: со́ба Macedonian: о́даја Macedonian: ста́ја Macedonian: дом Macedonian: па́лата Plautdietsch: Stow Russian: ко́мната Russian: пала́та Spanish: aposento Spanish: escandalar Spanish: escandelar Spanish: cámara Tamil: அறை Ukrainian: кімна́та Ukrainian: покі́й Ukrainian: пала́та Arabic: مَجْلِس Catalan: cambra Chinese Mandarin: 律師 /律师 Czech: komora Dutch: kamer French: chambre German: Plenarsaal German: Kammer Bavarian German: Kauma Greek: επιμελητήριο Greek: διασκεπτήριο Indonesian: dewan Italian: camera Malay: dewan Norwegian: kammer Polish: izba Portuguese: câmara
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