chamber
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈtʃeɪmbər/
:
cámara
- Tell them that I wish for a meeting in the chambers of the High Council at once.
- a chamber of commerce
- Chamber of Deputies
- a chamber deputy
These guys in the Nashville chamber, these are not happy guys.
- These guys in the Nashville chamber, these are not happy guys.
- I go to all the French, the the French American Commerce Chamber event.
- They have a super majority in every chamber.
Examples
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For, senators, in this crowded chamber there still stand 20 empty desks.
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The President flying all the way across the world... across the Atlantic Ocean... arriving almost exactly as scheduled at 9:30... in the Capitol Plaza... so that he can go up the steps of the House of Representatives... go into the chamber, and address the members of the House and the Senate... the Supreme Court, the diplomatic corps of Washington... all of whom are inside waiting for him... in the chamber of the House of Representatives.
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Power remained, remained in the chamber, in the Chamber of Deputies.
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I believe there was a man with a name similar to that, worked over at the Chamber of Commerce.
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My duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend Americans.
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On this occasion, the Municipal Chamber President presented the Chamber's county budget to the Assembly for its approval.
Academic text (1990) -
The attorneys for the people would like to meet Mr. Biegler in the chambers.
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The doors to the council chamber opened, and Aurin Striate entered with two other men.
Fiction book (1992) -
The committee met in the chamber to discuss the new policy changes.
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Every member of the chamber voted in favor of the proposed legislation.
Synonyms
∞
3.2
A group of people who meet to discuss and make decisions about something
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3.7
A group of people chosen to judge or discuss something
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5.3
A group of people who make and change the laws of a country or region
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7.2
An official group of elected people who make laws
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4.1
A small group chosen from a larger group of people to handle one task
85
3.4
A group in the United States Congress with two members from each state who make laws
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7.4
A group of people, usually judges, who decide cases in court
70
3.0
Part of the United States government that makes and passes laws, with two senators from each state
16
3.4
The part of the United States Congress that makes and votes on national laws
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3.2
A formal meeting of people who discuss and decide important things
8
4.5
An official group of people who make and change laws for a country or state
3
2.7
Group in the United States government that makes national laws and includes the Senate and the House of Representatives
1
6.8
A group of people who make laws for a state or country
1
3.0
A part of the United States government where elected members make laws, two from each state
A formal meeting where members discuss and vote on issues
Compounds
- Offensive
8
7.7
A room where people are made to feel pain to punish or force them to speak
8
5.3
Music for a small group of instruments, like a string quartet, played for a small audience
- Specialized
4
5.5
A sealed medical room with higher air pressure and oxygen to help the body heal
- Specialized
3
4.7
A sealed container with almost all air removed for testing or making things
1
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
1
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 Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chamber came to mean the people who meet in the 'room', so a parliamentary chamber is the group of people who gather in that room to make laws and decisions.