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English Dictionary: chamber	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for chamber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chamber n a natural or artificial enclosed space an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy" a room where a judge transacts business a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate" a room used primarily for sleeping Synonym(s): bedroom, sleeping room, sleeping accommodation, chamber, bedchamber v place in a chamber
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chamber \Cham"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chambering}.] 1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. 2. To be lascivious. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chamber \Cham"ber\, v. t. 1. To shut up, as in a chamber. --Shak. 2. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chamber \Cham"ber\, n. [F. chambre, fr. L. camera vault, arched roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. [?] anything with a vaulted roof or arched covering; cf. Skr. kmar to be crooked. Cf. {Camber}, {Camera}, {Comrade}.] 1. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Chamber "on the wall," which the Shunammite prepared for the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4:10), was an upper chamber over the porch through the hall toward the street. This was the "guest chamber" where entertainments were prepared (Mark 14:14). There were also "chambers within chambers" (1 Kings 22:25; 2 Kings 9:2). To enter into a chamber is used metaphorically of prayer and communion with God (Isa. 26:20). The "chambers of the south" (Job 9:9) are probably the constelations of the southern hemisphere. The "chambers of imagery", i.e., chambers painted with images, as used by Ezekiel (8:12), is an expression denoting the vision the prophet had of the abominations practised by the Jews in Jerusalem.