A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
We are going to make sure we are in the council chamber every time he speaks.
Synonyms: hall, room More Synonyms of chamber
2. countable noun
You can refer to a country's parliament or to one section of it as a chamber.
More than 80 parties are contesting seats in the two-chamber parliament.
His government has only a 16-seat majority in the Chamber of Deputies. [+ of]
3. countable noun
A chamber is a room designed and equipped for a particular purpose.
For many, the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.
4. See also gas chamber
5. countable noun
A chamber is a hollow place inside the body of a person or animal, or inside a plant.
6. plural noun
The offices used by judges and barristers are referred to as chambers.
More Synonyms of chamber
chamber in British English
(ˈtʃeɪmbə)
noun
1.
a meeting hall, esp one used for a legislative or judicial assembly
2.
a reception room or audience room in an official residence, palace, etc
3. archaic or poetic
a room in a private house, esp a bedroom
4.
a.
a legislative, deliberative, judicial, or administrative assembly
b.
any of the houses of a legislature
5.
an enclosed space; compartment; cavity
the smallest chamber in the caves
6.
the space between two gates of the locks of a canal, dry dock, etc
7.
an enclosure for a cartridge in the cylinder of a revolver or for a shell in the breech of a cannon
8. obsolete
a place where the money of a government, corporation, etc, was stored; treasury
9. short for chamberpot
10. New Zealand
the freezing room in an abattoir
11. (modifier)
of, relating to, or suitable for chamber music
a chamber concert
verb
12. (transitive)
to put in or provide with a chamber
Word origin
C13: from Old French chambre, from Late Latin camera room, Latin: vault, from Greek kamara
chamber in American English
(ˈtʃeɪmbər)
noun
1.
a.
a room in a house, esp. a bedroom
b.
a reception room in an official residence
2. [pl.]; British
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
verb transitive
9.
to provide a chamber or chambers for
10.
to put (a cartridge, etc.) into a chamber
adjective
11.
of, for, or performing chamber music
Derived forms
chambered (ˈchambered)
adjective
Word origin
ME chambre < OFr chambre, cambre < LL camera, a chamber, room (in L, a vault): see camera
Examples of 'chamber' in a sentence
chamber
His cuts are being blocked by the upper chamber.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There is a crucial role for a second chamber.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The chamber of commerce is sponsoring the cost of the books in the first year.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They work together like an experienced chamber orchestra.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The audience visited three chambers connected by dim corridors.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The rescuers went into one chamber and it was empty.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
On the far side of the circular chamber was a large reclining couch.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
It was probably the first time many of the squad had been in a council chamber.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But back to the cars in the hall and the chambers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Second chambers use their power in different ways.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He would like to be a soloist and perform in chamber orchestras.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The question of the balance of powers between the two chambers is one of high seriousness.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It had been made in the shape of a large silver chamber pot.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It would be useful to know when is the right time for a democratically elected second chamber.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
On older houses the company has to install a meter chamber outside the house before fitting the meter.
The Sun (2006)
Small turret stairs at each side of the courtyard led to the upper chambers to the south and north.
Christina Hardyment Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler (2005)
You simply have to visit the show and indulge me through my halls and chambers to get to it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is a step that others have been encouraged to take amid fears at the growing size of the upper chamber.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Chambers of commerce are already working with businesses across the country to bridge the gap between the worlds of education and work.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At some places it's larger and there is seating or storage chambers and rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There was controversy outside the council chamber, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Or that there is a much bigger potential audience for chamber music than anyone realised, if only promoters had the courage to programme it imaginatively?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Chambers say that they are looking for well-rounded applicants, but that means looking at more than basic education.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
chamber
British English: chamber NOUN
A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
We are going to be in the council chamber every time he speaks.
American English: chamber
Brazilian Portuguese: câmara
Chinese: 会议厅
European Spanish: sala
French: chambre
German: Kammer
Italian: sala
Japanese: 会議場
Korean: 방
European Portuguese: câmara
Latin American Spanish: sala
All related terms of 'chamber'
air chamber
a compartment in a device or structure that is filled with air
chamber pop
pop music that incorporates orchestral arrangements
chamber pot
A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup . Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night .
gas chamber
A gas chamber is a room that has been specially built so that it can be filled with poisonous gas in order to kill people or animals.
chamber music
Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments .
chamber opera
an opera requiring few performers and a small orchestra
chamber organ
a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
chamber tomb
a prehistoric tomb with a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
cloud chamber
an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour . Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
death chamber
a room in which someone has died
echo chamber
a room with walls that reflect sound. It is used to make acoustic measurements and as a source of reverberant sound to be mixed with direct sound for recording or broadcasting
float chamber
a chamber in a carburettor in which a floating valve controls the entry and level of petrol
lower chamber
one of the two houses of a bicameral legislature : usually the larger and more representative house
magma chamber
a reservoir of magma in the earth's crust where the magma may reside temporarily on its way from the upper mantle to the earth's surface
privy chamber
a private apartment inside a royal residence
spark chamber
a device for detecting ionizing radiation , consisting of two oppositely charged metal plates in a chamber containing inert gas , so that a particle passing through the chamber ionizes the gas and causes a spark to jump between the electrodes
Star Chamber
the Privy Council sitting as a court of equity , esp powerful under the Tudor monarchs ; abolished 1641
state chamber
a room for public ceremonies and celebrations
upper chamber
→ another name for an upper house
bubble chamber
a device that enables the tracks of ionizing particles to be photographed as a row of bubbles in a superheated liquid. Immediately before the particles enter the chamber the pressure is reduced so that the ionized particles act as centres for small vapour bubbles
chamber concert
a concert of chamber music
chamber counsel
a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
council chamber
the room in which council meetings are held
second chamber
The second chamber is one of the two groups that a parliament is divided into. In Britain , the second chamber is the House of Lords . In the United States , the second chamber can be either the Senate or the House of Representatives .
torture chamber
a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain , esp in order to extract information, break resistance , etc
altitude chamber
a chamber for simulating the conditions of air pressure and temperature for a given altitude in order to test the behavior of people and equipment in such an environment
audience chamber
a room where a monarch or head of state conducts formal interviews
buoyancy chamber
an enclosed section of a canoe , float , ship or other object that contains air, foam , or another buoyant substance in order to help maintain buoyancy
chamber orchestra
A chamber orchestra is a small orchestra which plays classical music.
combustion chamber
an enclosed space in which combustion takes place, such as the space above the piston in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine or the chambers in a gas turbine or rocket engine in which fuel and oxidant burn
debating chamber
a room where a legislative assembly holds debates
hyperbaric chamber
a steel vessel in which atmospheric pressure can be raised or lowered by air compressors , used to treat divers or pilots afflicted with aeroembolism and to provide high-oxygen environments for certain medical treatments and operations
inspection chamber
a shaft with a removable cover that leads down to a sewer or drain
ionization chamber
a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation , consisting of a tube containing a low-pressure gas and two electrodes between which a high voltage is maintained . The current between the electrodes is a function of the intensity of the radiation
presence chamber
the room in which a great person, such as a monarch , receives guests , assemblies , etc
reaction chamber
the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
Chamber of Horrors
a room, for example in a waxworks , containing objects, images or representations of people or scenes that are believed likely to frighten or horrify visitors
chamber of trade
a national organization representing local chambers of commerce
decompression chamber
a chamber in which the pressure of air can be varied slowly for returning people from abnormal pressures to atmospheric pressure without inducing decompression sickness
reverberation chamber
a room with walls that reflect sound. It is used to make acoustic measurements and as a source of reverberant sound to be mixed with direct sound for recording or broadcasting
two-chamber system
the system of having two parliamentary chambers , as the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the United Kingdom
chamber of commerce
A chamber of commerce is an organization of businessmen that promotes local commercial interests.
Chamber of Deputies
→ the Chamber of Deputies
Wilson cloud chamber
an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour . Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
bedchamber
A bedchamber is a → bedroom .
antechamber
An antechamber is a small room leading into a larger room.
the Chamber of Deputies
the lower legislative assembly in some parliaments
flotation tank
an enclosed ventilated tank filled with a saline solution at body temperature, in which a person floats in darkness in order to relax or meditate
International Chamber of Commerce
a non-profit international organization promotes international trade and globalization