chamber
noun (a chamber, chambers)
Everyday
- A room, especially a large one used for a special purpose (council chamber). tree →
- (old) A bedroom or private room. tree →
- A closed space inside the body, a machine or a plant (the heart has four chambers). tree →
- A group of lawmakers, such as one house of a parliament. tree →
- Chambers (UK): a judge's or lawyers' offices. tree →
In the lessons
In science: the chambers of the heart, a cave chamber, a combustion chamber. In history and stories: the king's chamber, a secret chamber. In civics: the upper and lower chambers of parliament. Phrases: chamber music (for a small group), echo chamber.
Examples
- The heart has four chambers. tree →
- Explorers found a hidden chamber in the pyramid. tree →
- The queen rested in her chamber. tree →
- The council meets in the town chamber. tree →
- Chamber music is played by a small group. tree →
- The cave opened into a huge chamber. tree →
- And he followed Luned to the chamber of her mistress. tree →
Note
Pronounced CHAME-ber (rhymes with «danger»). Plural: chambers. «Chamber pot» is an old pot for a toilet at night.
In Jewish tradition
An inner room, such as a private room or bedroom. In the Bible it can also mean a tent, an upper room of the Temple, or a room in a king's palace. In the primary lessons: In science: the chambers of the heart, a cave chamber, a combustion chamber. In history and stories: the king's chamber, a secret chamber. In civics: the upper and lower chambers of parliament. Phrases: chamber music (for a small group), echo chamber.
Examples
- Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs. (Torah DEU.32.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. (Torah GEN.43.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he went after the man of Israel into the chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. (Torah NUM.25.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. (Writings 2CH.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings. (Writings PSA.105.30, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Pronounced CHAME-ber (rhymes with «danger»). Plural: chambers. «Chamber pot» is an old pot for a toilet at night.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «chamber» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «chamber» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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