chamber

English

/ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/, /ˈtʃeɪmbɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • A room or set of rooms, particularly:
  • A chamberpot.
  • (figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
  • Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
  • (biology) An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
  • (firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
  • (firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
  • (historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
  • One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
  • (obsolete) : a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English chambre borrowed from Old French chambre (room) derived from Latin camera (chamber, room, chamber bedchamber, bedchamber, vault, a chamber, arch) derived from Ancient Greek καμάρα (vaulted chamber, a vaulted chamber, anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage boat, a vault, vault, something with an arched cover, a covered boat, something with an arched cover a covered wagon, arch).

Origin

Ancient Greek

καμάρα

Gloss

vaulted chamber, a vaulted chamber, anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage boat, a vault, vault, something with an arched cover, a covered boat, something with an arched cover a covered wagon, arch

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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