chamber

chamber [chām′bər]

n.

[ME chambre < OFr chambre, cambre < LL camera, a chamber, room (in L, a vault): see CAMERA]

1.

a) a room in a house, esp. a bedroom

b) a reception room in an official residence

2. [pl.] Brit. a suite of rooms used by one person

3. [pl.] a judge's office located near the courtroom

4. an assembly hall

5. a legislative or judicial body or division [the Chamber of Deputies]

6. a council or board [a chamber of commerce]

7. an enclosed space in the body of a plant or animal

8. any enclosed space; compartment; specif., the part of a gun that holds the charge, or any of the compartments for cartridges in the cylinder of a revolver

vt.

1. to provide a chamber or chambers for

2. to put (a cartridge, etc.) into a chamber

adj.

of, for, or performing chamber music

chambered

adj.