chamber
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈtʃeɪmbər/
- I'm happy now that George, her husband, calls on my bed chamber less frequently than of than of old.
- chamber music
- a chamber ensemble
- a chamber pot
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Watch on YouTubeInside the lavish chamber, a hint of sadness clouds her expression.
- Inside the lavish chamber, a hint of sadness clouds her expression.
- And it was sort of like a secret chamber.
- So you, you they can practice in a in a chamber that's approaching it, I guess.
- And then one guy doesn't make it into his chamber, so he just ages and dies.
- He goes to his chamber OK I'm ready to go sustenance at maximum.
Examples
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When you come into my chambers, this is not a trivial thing.
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The Prayer Book leads us straight to the Upper Chamber, where the little group awaits the promise of the Lord.
Academic text (2017) -
This is the chamber where I was working.
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What shall I hang on the chamber walls?
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Uh, yeah, this is the sleeping chamber.
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But she left her daughter a chamber table, four stuffed chairs, and one little oval table.
Academic text (1996) -
The king is buried in a small chamber underneath the pyramid in Egypt.
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Welcome to my chamber.
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PALACE - RULER'S CHAMBER: A beautiful, expansive chamber filled with tapestries and artwork.
Fiction book (1990) -
The lawyer met her client in a private chamber to discuss the case.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
An area in a building with walls, a floor, and a ceiling
∞
1.0
A room or set of rooms where people do desk work for a company
∞
1.0
A room in a house where people sleep
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4.4
A room in a house or inn where people sit to talk and meet guests
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2.0
A room in an office where people meet to discuss work
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1.6
A room in a house where people sit and talk
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7.8
A woman's private bedroom or sitting room, often nicely decorated
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7.2
A bedroom in a large or old house
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4.1
A room where local officials meet to make decisions for a town or city
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1.0
A room for sleeping
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3.4
A place for sleeping, often in a hotel or train
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9.9
A room in a palace where a king or queen receives guests
Compounds
- Offensive
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7.7
A room where people are made to feel pain to punish or force them to speak
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5.3
Music for a small group of instruments, like a string quartet, played for a small audience
- Specialized
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5.5
A sealed medical room with higher air pressure and oxygen to help the body heal
- Specialized
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4.7
A sealed container with almost all air removed for testing or making things
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4.6
A small group of about ten to forty musicians who play classical music together
- Specialized
1
7.6
A hollow space that makes sound or microwaves stronger, like inside a guitar and microwave oven
- Archaic
1
7.8
A tank of very hot liquid where tiny bubbles show the paths of invisible particles
- Specialized
1
7.5
A device that shows the paths of tiny invisible particles as thin white streaks in a mist
- Specialized
1
9.4
A room that absorbs sound so there are no echoes, used for testing or recording
- Specialized
1
5.3
A space in an engine or pump where a piston moves to push and squeeze liquids and gases
- Literature
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9.9
A small group that secretly makes important decisions that are not fair
- Specialized
A part of a canal with gates that raises or lowers boats by changing the water level
- Specialized
Device that measures radiation that makes charged particles by detecting those particles in a gas
- Specialized
A container that holds a liquid or material and lets it out when needed
- Specialized
A device that makes vapor tracks to show where tiny charged particles move
How Private
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chamber comes from Latin camera and Greek kamara, which meant a 'room' or 'vault'. So a judge's chamber is simply a private 'room' for work or decision making.