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   cham·ber

   /ˈCHāmbər/

   noun

   • 1. a large room used for formal or public events: "a council chamber" Similar roomhallassembly roomauditorium
   • ▪ any of the houses of a legislature: "the Senate chamber"
   • 2. a private room, especially a bedroom: archaic "he had his meals brought to his chamber" Similar bedroombedchamberboudoirroomliterary:bower
   • ▪ rooms used by a lawyer or lawyers. British
   • ▪ a judge's room used for official proceedings not required to be held in open court.
   • 3. an enclosed space or cavity: "an echo chamber"
   • ▪ a large underground cavern.
   • ▪ the part of a gun bore that contains the charge or bullet.
   • ▪ a cavity in a plant, animal body, or organ: "the four chambers of the heart" Similar compartmentcavityhollowpocketcellpartauricleventricle
   • 4. of or for a small group of instruments: "a chamber concert"

   verb

   • 1. place (a bullet) into the chamber of a gun: "he chambered a fresh cartridge"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘private room’): from Old French chambre, from Latin camera ‘vault, arched chamber’, from Greek kamara ‘object with an arched cover’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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