chambers
/ˈtʃeɪmbəz/ · noun
Meaning
- A room or set of rooms, particularly:
- A chamberpot.
- The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
- Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
- An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
- The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
- To enclose in a room.
- To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
- To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
- To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
- In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
- To be lascivious.
- A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.
- A judge's private office.
- The rooms used by a barrister or to an association of barristers.
- Bedroom
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