chamber

  • 31chamber — cham|ber W3 [ˈtʃeımbə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(enclosed space)¦ 2¦(room)¦ 3¦(meeting room)¦ 4¦(parliament)¦ 5¦(private room)¦ 6 chambers 7¦(gun)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: chambre, from Late Latin …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32chamber — cham•ber [[t]ˈtʃeɪm bər[/t]] n. 1) a usu. private room in a house or apartment, esp. a bedroom 2) a room in a palace or official residence 3) gov a) a legislative, judicial, or other assembly, or a branch of such an assembly: the upper and lower… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 33Chamber — Der Begriff Chamber bezeichnet: das luxemburgische Parlament, die Chambre des Députés (Luxemburg), wird im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch als Chamber bezeichnet. Chamber TV, das luxemburgische Parlamentsfernsehen. die deutsch österreichische… …

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  • 34chamber —    (American.)    1. An enlargement in a cave passage or system, commonly formed at a junction of passages, or locally in a single passage, where erosion has been enhanced by collapse exposing more rock to dissolution. Maximum chamber size is… …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 35chamber — noun 1 (C) an enclosed space, especially in your body or inside a machine: a combustion chamber | The heart has four chambers. 2 (C) a room used for a special purpose, especially an unpleasant one: gas/torture chamber (=used for killing people by …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 36chamber — [ˈtʃeɪmbə] noun 1) [C] a room used for a particular purpose a torture chamber[/ex] the debating chamber[/ex] 2) [C] one of the sections of a parliament the upper/lower chamber[/ex] 3) [C] an enclosed space, especially one inside a machine or… …

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  • 37Chamber —     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… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 38Chamber — One of the departments of the king s household which evolved from his chamber, that part of the palace or castle which contained his private sleeping quarters. Four knights would sleep immediately outside the door as bodyguards. (The rest of the… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 39chamber —    a receptacle for urine    A shortened form of chamber pot, which was formerly kept for nocturnal urination under the bed or in a small cupboard in the bedroom. The urine, or chamber lye, might be collected, fermented, and put to various good… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 40chamber — noun 1》 a large room used for formal or public events. 2》 one of the houses of a parliament. 3》 (chambers) Law, Brit. rooms used by a barrister or barristers, especially in the Inns of Court.     ↘Law a judge s office, where proceedings may be… …

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