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chamber

cham·ber

UK/ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbə/ US/ˈt͡ʃʰeɪ̯mbə/ common uk

noun

2.

an enclosed volume (as the aqueous chamber of the eyeball or the chambers of the heart)

3.

a room where a judge transacts business

4.

a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly

  • “the upper chamber is the senate”

verb

1.

place in a chamber

Origin

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

Phrases

  • air chamber
  • anterior chamber
  • black chamber
  • blue chamber
  • bridal chamber
  • brood chamber
  • bubble chamber
  • burial chamber

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