Meaning

13 senses
  1. A room or set of rooms

    The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.

    ко́мнатаkómnata

    кімна́таkimnáta, покі́йpokíj

  2. A bedroom.

    Raum, Schlafzimmer, Zimmer

    ко́мнатаkómnata, спа́льняspálʹnja, пала́таpaláta

    спа́льняspálʹnja

  3. The private office of a judge.

  4. The room used for deliberation by a legislature.

    Plenarsaal, Kammer

    пала́таpaláta, пала́таpaláta

    пала́таpaláta

    a room used primarily for sleeping

  5. (UK)A single law office in a building housing several.

  6. (dated, usually plural)Rooms in a lodging house.

    ко́мнатаkómnata

  7. (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.

  8. 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

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

  10. 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

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

    патро́нникpatrónnik

  12. (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

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  1. The chamber filled up with water.

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  2. The chamber is almost completely silent.

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  3. Each patient is located in a separate chamber.

    ruКаждый пациент находится в отдельном боксе.

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  4. Many small business owners belong to a chamber of commerce.

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  5. The chamber door is open.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
room or set of rooms:
bedroom:
legislative body:
enclosed space similar to a room:
Русский
By meaning 4
room or set of rooms:
bedroom:
enclosed space similar to a room:
part of a firearm holding the round before firing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
bedroom:
legislative body:

Origin

From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Anc

From 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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