chamber
A room or set of roomsA room or set of rooms: The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
» The chamber filled up with water.
Meaning
13 sensesA room or set of rooms
The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
ко́мнатаkómnata
кімна́таkimnáta, покі́йpokíj
A bedroom.
Raum, Schlafzimmer, Zimmer
ко́мнатаkómnata, спа́льняspálʹnja, пала́таpaláta
спа́льняspálʹnja
The private office of a judge.
The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
Plenarsaal, Kammer
пала́таpaláta, пала́таpaláta
пала́таpaláta
a room used primarily for sleeping
(UK)A single law office in a building housing several.
(dated, usually plural)Rooms in a lodging house.
ко́мнатаkómnata
(figuratively)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.
Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber
Kammer
ка́мераkámera
ка́мераkámera
a natural or artificial enclosed space
An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
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.
Kammer
патро́нникpatrónnik, ка́мораkámora
One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
патро́нникpatrónnik
(historical)A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
Examples
64 sentencesThe chamber filled up with water.
The chamber is almost completely silent.
Each patient is located in a separate chamber.
ruКаждый пациент находится в отдельном боксе.
Many small business owners belong to a chamber of commerce.
The chamber door is open.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from AncFrom Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”). Doublet of camera.
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Forms
plural: chambersSynonyms
4 synonyms- a room used primarily for sleeping:bedroomsleeping roomsleeping accommodationbedchamber