Contextualizebeta

chamber

noun
/ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/UK/ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”). Doublet of camera.

  1. derived from καμάρα — “vaulted chamber”
  2. derived from camera
  3. derived from chambre
  4. inherited from chambre

Definitions

  1. A room or set of rooms

  2. Ellipsis of chamber pot (“a container used for urination and defecation in one's…

    Ellipsis of chamber pot (“a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers”).

    • "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."

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.

      • A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber

    2. An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.

    3. 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.

    4. One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.

    5. A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage,…

      A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.

    6. One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.

    7. To enclose in a room.

      • She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.

    8. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

      • I chambered with Alexander Preston.

    9. To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.

      • The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.

    10. To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.

      • The rifle was originally chambered for 9mm, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.

    11. To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or…

      To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.

      • Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first.

    12. To be lascivious.

    13. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

air chamber, antechamber, anterior chamber, barochamber, bedchamber, biochamber, black chamber, blue chamber, bridal chamber, bridechamber, brood chamber, bubble chamber, burial chamber, chamber candlestick, chamber composer, chamber ensemble, chamberesque, chamber foreign, chamberful, chamber gate, chamber horse, chamberlain, chamber lamp, chamberlet, chamberlike, chamber lye, chambermaid, chambermate, chamber music, chamber of commerce, chamber of horrors, chamber opera, chamber orchestra, chamber organ, chamber play, chamber pop, chamber pot, chamberstick, chamber tomb, chamber utensil · +56 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at chamber. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01chamber02defecation03removal04dismissal05fired06kiln

A definitional loop anchored at chamber. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at chamber

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA