chamber

1. n. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers. Source: opted

2. n. Apartments in a lodging house. Source: opted

3. n. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. Source: opted

4. n. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. 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. Source: opted

7. n. A chamber pot. Source: opted

8. n. 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. Source: opted

9. n. A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. Source: opted

10. n. A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. Source: opted

11. v. i. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. Source: opted

12. v. i. To be lascivious. Source: opted

13. v. t. To shut up, as in a chamber. Source: opted

14. v. t. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun. Source: opted

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