Chamber /(?)/

Cham·ber

Chamber

A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
Apartments in a lodging house.
A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.
A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.
A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.
A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. (Law.)
A chamber pot. [Colloq.]
That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (Mil.)

Air chamber: See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary.
Chamber of commerce: a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city.
Chamber council: a secret council.
Chamber counsel: a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court.
Chamber fellow: a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum.
Chamber hangings: tapestry or hangings for a chamber.
Chamber lye: urine.
Chamber music: vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church.
Chamber practice: the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court.
To sit at chambers: to do business in chambers, as a judge.

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Chambered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chambering

v. t.