chamber
cham·ber
noun
1.
a natural or artificial enclosed space
4.
a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly
- “the upper chamber is the senate”
verb
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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