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- [cheym-ber]
- /ˈtʃeɪm bər/
- /ˈtʃeɪmbə(r)/
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- [cheym-ber]
- /ˈtʃeɪm bər/
Definitions of chamber word
- countable noun chamber A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings. 3
- countable noun chamber You can refer to a country's parliament or to one section of it as a chamber. 3
- countable noun chamber A chamber is a room designed and equipped for a particular purpose. 3
- countable noun chamber A chamber is a hollow place inside the body of a person or animal, or inside a plant. 3
- noun plural chamber The offices used by judges and barristers are referred to as chambers. 3
- noun chamber a meeting hall, esp one used for a legislative or judicial assembly 3
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Origin of chamber
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English chambre < Old French < Latin camera, variant of camara vaulted room, vault < Greek kamára
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Parts of speech for Chamber
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chamber popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
chamber usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chamber
noun chamber
- box — A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
- apartment — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
- room — channel
- cell — A cell is the smallest part of an animal or plant that is able to function independently. Every animal or plant is made up of millions of cells.
- bedroom — A bedroom is a room used for sleeping in.
verb chamber
- watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- roofing — the act of covering with a roof.
- shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
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