Chamber | Mean of chamber in English Dictionary
/ˈtʃeɪmbɚ/
- Noun
- a small space inside something (such as a machine or your body)
- He put three bullets into the chamber of the gun.
- the chambers of the heart
- a usually large room where members of a government group (such as a legislature) have meetings
- We waited for the senator outside the Senate chamber.
- a group of people who form part of a government
- The U.S. legislature is separated into two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
- the upper and lower chambers of the British Parliament [=the House of Lords and the House of Commons]
- a room where a judge goes to do official business or to discuss cases with lawyers outside of the courtroom
- the judge's chambers
- a person's bedroom or other private room
- the queen's personal chambers
- a bridal chamber [=a bedroom used by two people who have just been married]
- the temple's inner chambers
- a room used for a special purpose
- the burial chambers inside an Egyptian pyramid
- a torture chamber