chamber

  • 21chamber — 1. noun /ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/ a) A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, b) An enclosed space. For example, a test chamber is typically a closable case… …

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  • 22chamber — A room or apartment in a A private repository of money; a treasury. A compartment; a hollow or cavity. @ judges chambers The private room or office of a judge; any place in which a judge hears motions, signs papers, or does other business… …

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  • 23chamber — A room or apartment in a A private repository of money; a treasury. A compartment; a hollow or cavity. @ judges chambers The private room or office of a judge; any place in which a judge hears motions, signs papers, or does other business… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24chamber — n. 1) the lower; upper chamber 2) an assembly; council; parliamentary; senate chamber room compartment 3) a gas; torture chamber 4) a combustion; decompression chamber * * * [ tʃeɪmbə] council decompression chamber parliamentary senate chamber… …

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  • 25chamber — cham|ber [ tʃeımbər ] noun ** 1. ) count a large room in a public building, especially one used for meetings: the council chamber of city hall a debating chamber a ) a room used for a particular purpose: Tutankhamun s burial chamber a torture… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26chamber — n. 1 a a hall used by a legislative or judicial body. b the body that meets in it. c any of the houses of a parliament (Chamber of Deputies; second chamber). 2 (in pl.) Brit. Law a rooms used by a barrister or group of barristers, esp. in the… …

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  • 27chamber — noun 1 room/enclosed space ADJECTIVE ▪ dark, darkened ▪ private, secret ▪ inner, outer ▪ main …

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  • 28chamber — /ˈtʃeɪmbə / (say chaymbuh) noun 1. a room or apartment, usually a private room, and especially a bedroom. 2. a room in a palace or official residence. 3. the meeting hall of a legislative or other assembly. 4. (plural) rooms for the use of judges …

  • 29chamber — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chambre, from Anglo French, from Late Latin camera, from Latin, arched roof, from Greek kamara vault Date: 13th century 1. room; especially bedroom 2. a natural or artificial enclosed space or cavity 3. a. a hall …

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  • 30chamber — Synonyms and related words: British Cabinet, Geiger counter, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, Wilson chamber, advisory body, alpha pulse analyzer, apartment, assembly, association, atom counter, ballroom, bedchamber, bedpan, bedroom, bench, board, body,… …

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