Chambers

[ cheym-berz ]

/ ˈtʃeɪm bərz /

noun

Robert,1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.

Robert William,1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.

WhittakerJay David Chambers,1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.

Definition for chambers (2 of 2)

chamber

[ cheym-ber ]

/ ˈtʃeɪm bər /

noun

a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.

a room in a palace or official residence.

the meeting hall of a legislative or other assembly.

chambers, Law.

a place where a judge hears matters not requiring action in open court.
the private office of a judge.
(in England) the quarters or rooms that lawyers use to consult with their clients, especially in the Inns of Court.

a legislative, judicial, or other like body: the upper or the lower chamber of a legislature.

an organization of individuals or companies for a specified purpose.

the place where the moneys due a government are received and kept; a treasury or chamberlain's office.

(in early New England) any bedroom above the ground floor, generally named for the ground-floor room beneath it.

a compartment or enclosed space; cavity: a chamber of the heart.

(in a canal or the like) the space between any two gates of a lock.

a receptacle for one or more cartridges in a firearm, or for a shell in a gun or other cannon.

(in a gun) the part of the barrel that receives the charge.

chamber pot.

adjective

of, relating to, or performing chamber music: chamber players.

verb (used with object)

to put or enclose in, or as in, a chamber.

to provide with a chamber.

Origin of chamber

1175–1225; Middle English chambre < Old French < Latin camera, variant of camara vaulted room, vault < Greek kamára

OTHER WORDS FROM chamber

un·der·cham·ber, noun

Example sentences from the Web for chambers

In head shops you can also buy vaporizers with chambers that can process actual dry buds, but that is so 20th century.

This Is Your E-Cigarette on Drugs |Daniel Genis |July 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The word “Carcosa,” which Chambers borrowed from Ambrose Bierce, and which later showed up in the works of H.P. Lovecraft.

How ‘True Detective’ Will End |Andrew Romano |March 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“This will end as an annulled election by the Constitutional Court, I think,” says Chambers.

Thai Election Not Likely To Resolve Protests |Lennox Samuels |February 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In a strange twist, Chambers was to play the part of Shana Babcock, the best friend of Linda Lovelace.

The True Life of Marilyn Chambers, the ‘Other’ Queen of Porn |Christine Pelisek |August 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Chambers, who had divorced Traynor back in 1985, was uncomfortable with the storyline.

The True Life of Marilyn Chambers, the ‘Other’ Queen of Porn |Christine Pelisek |August 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
This line of exploration appeared preferable to the strong practical mind of Mr. Chambers, who had in view the quid pro quo.

Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia |William John Wills
At last we did meet, in Jimmy's chambers; and, almost as soon as he saw me, Scudamour asked where Henry was now.

My Lady Nicotine |J. M. Barrie
Noises came out of the interior, like a modified din from chambers of revelry.

Edith and John |Franklin S. Farquhar
A shock came when they reached the corner of Broadway and Chambers Street.

A Good Samaritan |Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Without waiting to reply, I caught hold of my flask, and loaded the remaining five chambers of the revolver.

The Scalp Hunters |Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for chambers (1 of 2)

chambers

/ (ˈtʃeɪmbəz) /

pl n

a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court

(in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)

British archaic a suite of rooms; apartments

(in the US) the private office of a judge

in chambers law

in the privacy of a judge's chambers
in a court not open to the publicFormer name for sense 5: in camera

British Dictionary definitions for chambers (2 of 2)

chamber

/ (ˈtʃeɪmbə) /

noun

a meeting hall, esp one used for a legislative or judicial assembly

a reception room or audience room in an official residence, palace, etc

archaic, or poetic a room in a private house, esp a bedroom

a legislative, deliberative, judicial, or administrative assembly
any of the houses of a legislature

an enclosed space; compartment; cavity the smallest chamber in the caves

the space between two gates of the locks of a canal, dry dock, etc

an enclosure for a cartridge in the cylinder of a revolver or for a shell in the breech of a cannon

obsolete a place where the money of a government, corporation, etc, was stored; treasury

short for chamber pot

NZ the freezing room in an abattoir

(modifier) of, relating to, or suitable for chamber music a chamber concert

verb

(tr) to put in or provide with a chamber

Word Origin for chamber

C13: from Old French chambre, from Late Latin camera room, Latin: vault, from Greek kamara

Medical definitions for chambers

chamber

[ chām′bər ]

n.

A compartment or enclosed space.

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