chamber | ||
1. | [ noun ] a natural or artificial enclosed space | |
Related terms: | enclosure bomb_shelter furnace firing_chamber camera_obscura caisson tokamak core stokehold hyperbaric_chamber resonator steam_chest stuffing_box cylinder burial_chamber vacuum_chamber airlock | |
2. | [ verb ] (housing) place in a chamber | |
Related terms: | house | |
3. | [ noun ] a room where a judge transacts business | |
Related terms: | room divan | |
4. | [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) an enclosed volume (as the aqueous chamber of the eyeball or the chambers of the heart) | |
Related terms: | cavity atrium ventricle | |
5. | [ noun ] (politics) a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly | |
Examples: | "the upper chamber is the senate" |
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Related terms: | assembly | |
6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 14956 | |
7. | [ noun ] (housing) a room used primarily for sleeping | |
Synonyms: | bedroom bedchamber sleeping_room | |
Related terms: | room master_bedroom child's_room guestroom boudoir hotel_room motel_room dormitory dwelling | |
Similar spelling: |
chambers chambered chamberpot Chamberlin chamfer chambray camber Camberos chinaberry chamfron |