chamber en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- [ˈt͡ʃʰeɪ̯mbə] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈt͡ʃʰeɪ̯mbɚ] ~ [ˈt͡ʃʰeɪ̯mbɹ̩] (General-American)
- /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”). Doublet of camera.
Meanings
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A room or set of rooms ▸ The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
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.
1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC, page 143:
- A room or set of rooms ▸ A bedroom.
- A room or set of rooms ▸ The private office of a judge.
- A room or set of rooms ▸ The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
- (UK) A room or set of rooms ▸ A single law office in a building housing several.
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(dated, plural-normally) A room or set of rooms ▸ Rooms in a lodging house.
A committee of marriageable ladies, or of any Christian persons interested in the propagation of the domestic virtues, should employ a Cruikshank or a Leech, or some other kindly expositor of the follies of the day, to make a series of designs representing the horrors of a bachelor's life in chambers, and leading the beholder to think of better things, and a more wholesome condition.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Which Had Very Nearly Been the Last of the Story”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 120:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, obsolete) Ellipsis of chamber pot (“a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers”).
alt of chamber pot
"Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."
1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31:
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(figuratively) 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.
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Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber
- An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
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The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
- One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
- (historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
- One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chambers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| chambre | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
subchamber · chamber lye · chamber horse · antechamber · chamber organ · lethal chamber · bridechamber · hyperbaric chamber · underchamber · chamber ensemble · bubble chamber · chambermate · resonating chamber · Ussing chamber · cloud chamber · chamberwoman · chamber pop · posterior chamber · barochamber · echo chamber · chamberesque · burial chamber · multichamber · phytochamber · microchamber · bridal chamber · lead chamber process · chamber-work · bedchamber · chamber utensil · chamberlike · biochamber · rain chamber · time projection chamber · star chamber · magma chamber · lockchamber · lower chamber · prechamber · outchamber · chambermaid · wire chamber · sole chamber · chamber gate · chamber lamp · black chamber · horror chamber · chamberware · chamber music · chamber pot · guestchamber · Wilson chamber · chamber play · gas chamber · cryochamber · brood chamber · chamber of commerce · plenum chamber · chamber tomb · Torricellian chamber · chamber candlestick · enchamber · chamber composer · chamberstick · vacuum chamber · chamberlet · combustion chamber · air chamber · chamber orchestra · upper chamber · rechamber · intrachamber · chamberlain · decompression chamber · yeoman of the chamber · hyperbaric oxygen chamber · living chamber · widow's chamber · chamber of horrors · unchamber · chamberful · hemichamber · macrochamber · chamber opera · blue chamber · anterior chamber · presence chamber · death chamber · pulp chamber · interchamber · climate chamber · torture chamber · chamber foreign · in chambers · red chamber · dumb chamber
Synonyms
chamber pot (chamber pot)
Translations (229)
gl cámara (enclosed space similar to a room) · eo ĉelo (individual's private room) · nb rom (bedroom) · ru пала́та (bedroom) · he צִימֶר (rooms in a lodging house) · ru ко́мната (individual's private room) · ar حُجْرَة (room or set of rooms) · pl komnata (bedroom) · he צִימֵר (rooms in a lodging house) · bg поко́и (individual's private room) · fi allas (enclosed space similar to a room) · fr pièce (bedroom) · dsb komora (bedroom) · gl cámara (bedroom) · uk покі́й (individual's private room) · eo kamero (enclosed space similar to a room) · ar غُرْفَة (bedroom) · mk со́ба (individual's private room) · ru ко́мната (bedroom) · sk izba (room or set of rooms) · el επιμελητήριο (legislative body) · enm bour (individual's private room) · ota حجره (room or set of rooms) · ko 방 (room or set of rooms) · el θάλαμος (bedroom) · fi istuntosali (room used for deliberation by a legislature) · oc cambra (bedroom) · cmn 房間 /房间 (bedroom) · bg ста́я (individual's private room) · cmn 室內 /室内 (enclosed space similar to a room) · izh kammari (bedroom) · pl pokój (room or set of rooms) · nb kammer (bedroom) · es escandalar (room or set of rooms) · fi huone (individual's private room) · gl cuarto (bedroom) · ja 部屋 (room or set of rooms) · sco chaumer (bedroom) · pt câmara (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · mk со́ба (bedroom) · tr yatak odası (bedroom) · fi asuntola (rooms in a lodging house) · hy խցիկ (enclosed space similar to a room) · mk па́лата (legislative body) · ru патро́нник (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · fr chambre (bedroom) · fi sali (room used for deliberation by a legislature) · ja 寝室 (bedroom) · sk komora (legislative body) · ar حُجْرَة (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · tr oda (legislative body) · mk спа́лна (bedroom) · fa-ira اُتاقِ خواب (bedroom) · ar غُرْفَة (room or set of rooms) · ru пала́та (legislative body) · pl komora (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · ko 원 (legislative body) · cs komora (enclosed space similar to a room) · be пала́та (legislative body) · ro cameră (legislative body) · ro dormitor (bedroom) · uk спа́льня (bedroom) · fr chambre (legislative body) · cmn 房間 /房间 (room or set of rooms) · mk ста́ја (room or set of rooms) · pl komora (enclosed space similar to a room) · de Plenarsaal (legislative body) · nb kammer (enclosed space similar to a room) · de Schlafgemach (bedroom) · ar حُجْرَة (individual's private room) · ru спа́льня (bedroom) · el θάλαμος (enclosed space similar to a room) · bar Kauma (legislative body) · es recámara (enclosed space similar to a room) · gl cámara (compartment holding a bullet of a revolver) · de Kammer (enclosed space similar to a room) · es cámara (enclosed space similar to a room) · ar غُرْفَةُ نَوْم (bedroom) · ta அறை (individual's private room) · es cámara (bedroom) · ta அறை (rooms in a lodging house) · ar مَجْلِس (enclosed space similar to a room) · pl izba (legislative body) · el κρεβατοκάμαρα (bedroom) · ko 약실 (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · hu kamra (enclosed space similar to a room) · bar Kauma (enclosed space similar to a room) · gl cámara (room or set of rooms) · ca cambra (legislative body) · es cámara (legislative body) · uk покі́й (room or set of rooms) · ja 部屋 (bedroom) · el διασκεπτήριο (legislative body) · cs komora (legislative body) · hi कक्ष (room or set of rooms) · ko 침실 (bedroom) · eo dormoĉambro (bedroom) · ga seomra (bedroom) · ga cuasán (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · nl kamer (legislative body) · hi मंडल (legislative body) · pt câmara (enclosed space similar to a room) · ro cameră (bedroom) · es alcoba (bedroom) · ru ко́мната (room or set of rooms) · de Kammer (legislative body) · fa-ira اُطاقِ خواب (bedroom) · be пако́й (individual's private room) · gl cámara (room used for deliberation by a legislature) · sv rum (bedroom) · bar Kauma (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · mk дом (legislative body) · gl cuarto (individual's private room) · fr chambre (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · cmn 臥室 /卧室 (bedroom) · ru ко́мната (rooms in a lodging house) · ca cambra (enclosed space similar to a room) · uk пала́та (legislative body) · fi toimisto (private office of a judge) · ru пала́та (room or set of rooms) · got 𐌷𐌴𐌸𐌾𐍉 (room or set of rooms) · nb kammer (legislative body) · el αίθουσα (enclosed space similar to a room) · nl slaapkamer (bedroom) · is klefi (enclosed space similar to a room) · fi kamari (legislative body) · uk кімна́та (individual's private room) · ru пала́та (room used for deliberation by a legislature) · grc δωμάτιον (individual's private room) · ja 院 (legislative body) · bg пала́та (legislative body) · ca cambra (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · fi patruunapesä (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · bg патро́нник (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · it camera (legislative body) · enm bour (bedroom) · hi शयनकक्ष (bedroom) · bg ста́я (rooms in a lodging house) · pt quarto (bedroom) · hu kamara (legislative body) · ar مَجْلِس (legislative body) · ar غُرْفَة (legislative body) · fr salle (enclosed space similar to a room) · he לִשְׁכָּה (private office of a judge) · eo ĉambro (enclosed space similar to a room) · de Kammer (bedroom) · ota خزینه (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · la camera (room or set of rooms) · cs pokoj (room or set of rooms) · ms dewan (legislative body) · fa-ira اُتاق (legislative body) · uk ка́мера (enclosed space similar to a room) · eo ĉambro (room or set of rooms) · bg ста́я (bedroom) · fi makuuhuone (bedroom) · de Schlafzimmer (bedroom) · de Gemach (bedroom) · fi kamari (bedroom) · la cubiculum (bedroom) · uk кімна́та (room or set of rooms) · pt câmara (legislative body) · fa-ira خوابْگاه (bedroom) · de Kammer (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · bg ста́я (room or set of rooms) · id dewan (legislative body) · el θαλάμη (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · ru ка́мора (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · hu hálószoba (bedroom) · eo kamero (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · pdt Stow (room or set of rooms) · ota خزینه (compartment holding a bullet of a revolver) · nb kammer (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · pl izba (room or set of rooms) · cmn 彈膛 /弹膛 (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · eo ĉambro (individual's private room) · sv sovrum (bedroom) · el εντευκτήριο (enclosed space similar to a room) · de Raum (bedroom) · nl kamer (enclosed space similar to a room) · pt câmara (bedroom) · ru ка́мера (enclosed space similar to a room) · mk о́даја (room or set of rooms) · mk со́ба (room or set of rooms) · grc θάλαμος (individual's private room) · fi patruunapesä (compartment holding a bullet of a revolver) · swb fuko (bedroom) · cmn 寢室 /寝室 (bedroom) · ta அறை (bedroom) · ur شَبِسْتان (bedroom) · la camera (bedroom) · ta படுக்கையறை (bedroom) · grc θάλαμος (room or set of rooms) · ur آرام گاہ (bedroom) · hi सदन (legislative body) · bg ка́мера (enclosed space similar to a room) · ja 薬室 (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · ur خْوَاب گاہ (bedroom) · el κοιτώνας (bedroom) · de Zimmer (bedroom) · ca recambra (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · bg патро́нник (compartment holding a bullet of a revolver) · cmn 院 (legislative body) · hi कक्ष (enclosed space similar to a room) · fi pesä (enclosed space similar to a room) · nl kamer (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · el υπνοδωμάτιο (bedroom) · fi huoneisto (room or set of rooms) · tr oda (room or set of rooms) · bg спа́лня (bedroom) · bar Kauma (bedroom) · fi huone (room or set of rooms) · es recámara (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) · fa-ira اُتاق (room or set of rooms) · ru патро́нник (compartment holding a bullet of a revolver) · be спа́льня (bedroom) · ca cambra (bedroom) · be пако́й (room or set of rooms) · mk пре́града (enclosed space similar to a room) · ary بيت (bedroom) · gl cámara (individual's private room) · es escandelar (room or set of rooms) · fr chambre (room used for deliberation by a legislature) · fi kamari (room used for deliberation by a legislature) · eo ĉambro (legislative body) · ta அறை (room or set of rooms) · fi kammio (enclosed space similar to a room) · mk ле́жиште (compartment holding a bullet of a revolver) · fr chambre (enclosed space similar to a room) · es aposento (room or set of rooms)