n.
- a large room used for formal or public events.
- one of the houses of a parliament.
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(chambers)
Law, Brit. rooms used by a barrister or barristers, especially in the Inns of Court.
▸Law a judge's office, where proceedings may be held if not required to be held in open court.
- archaic a private room, especially a bedroom.
- an enclosed space or cavity.
▸the part of a gun bore that contains the charge.
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[as modifier]
Music of or for a small group of instruments:
a chamber orchestra.
v.
place (a bullet) into the chamber of a gun.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. chambre, from L. camera ‘vault, arched chamber’, from Gk kamara ‘object with an arched cover’.