Chamber
noun
A room used for a special purpose.
The king's chamber was filled with treasures.
Often appears as...
- grand chamber
- private chamber
noun
A group that meets to make decisions or laws.
The bill was passed in the upper chamber of parliament.
Often appears as...
- upper chamber
- lower chamber
noun
Part of a machine, device, or body where something is kept or processed.
The bullet is loaded into the chamber of the gun.
Often appears as...
- combustion chamber
- gun chamber
noun
A group of musicians who play classical music, usually a small group.
We attended a chamber orchestra concert last night.
Often appears as...
- chamber music
- chamber orchestra
verb
To put a bullet in the chamber of a gun.
He chambered a bullet and took aim.
Often appears as...
- chamber a bullet
- chamber a round
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A room used for a special purpose.
The king's chamber was filled with treasures.
Often appears as...
- grand chamber
- private chamber
noun
A group that meets to make decisions or laws.
The bill was passed in the upper chamber of parliament.
Often appears as...
- upper chamber
- lower chamber
noun
Part of a machine, device, or body where something is kept or processed.
The bullet is loaded into the chamber of the gun.
Often appears as...
- combustion chamber
- gun chamber
noun
A group of musicians who play classical music, usually a small group.
We attended a chamber orchestra concert last night.
Often appears as...
- chamber music
- chamber orchestra
verb
To put a bullet in the chamber of a gun.
He chambered a bullet and took aim.
Often appears as...
- chamber a bullet
- chamber a round
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/2Special Locations
The term 'chamber' often emphasizes privacy or significance in historical or fantasy contexts.
She entered the secret chamber.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Usage
'Chamber' can evoke an old-fashioned or formal atmosphere, as in castles or mansions.
The lord awaited in his private chamber.
Pro Tip 1/2Special Locations
The term 'chamber' often emphasizes privacy or significance in historical or fantasy contexts.
She entered the secret chamber.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Usage
'Chamber' can evoke an old-fashioned or formal atmosphere, as in castles or mansions.
The lord awaited in his private chamber.
Pro Tip 1/2Special Locations
The term 'chamber' often emphasizes privacy or significance in historical or fantasy contexts.
She entered the secret chamber.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Usage
'Chamber' can evoke an old-fashioned or formal atmosphere, as in castles or mansions.
The lord awaited in his private chamber.
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Why city flags may be...
and chambers of commerce and tourism boards. Sports teams can leave and break our hearts. And besides, some of us don't really care about sports. And tourism campaigns can just be cheesy. But a great city flag is something that represents a city to its people and its people to the world at large.
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The incredible history...
In addition, nearby chambers contain figures of musicians and acrobats, workers and government officials, and various exotic animals, indicating that Emperor Qin had more plans for the afterlife than simply waging war. All the figurines are sculpted from terracotta, or baked earth,
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How to unboil an egg -...
that adds extra stress and encourages it to fold up first. This unboiling method won't work with a whole egg in its shell since the solution has to spread throughout a cylindrical chamber. But the applications go way beyond uncooking your breakfast, anyhow.
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Queen Ant Mating Season...
He's not the first consort to the queen, and he probably won't be the last. Driver ant queens are, for ants, unusually promiscuous. He'll be one of many suitors she'll entertain during her lifetime. His job done, he retires from the royal chamber and dies.
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The colossal consequences...
is an explosive caldera, formed when a volcanic mountain collapses after an eruption so large that the now-empty magma chamber can no longer support its weight. But though the above-ground volcano is gone, the underground volcanic activity continues.
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Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
These adaptations helped neanderthals generate and retain body heat. Also, their noses were large and had relatively high bridges. This created a nasal chamber that warmed and humidfied the cold, dry air they'd breathe in northern regions.
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Turning chicken feathers...
for an afterburner chamber from girls that asked for way too many questions to designing a to reactive system everything started from wondering and friendship and never giving up so if a knight
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Underground Labyrinth Of...
tunnels and chambers over centuries they've shifted hundreds of tons of soil as the set has expanded and contracted in line with the family's fortunes most of the badges life is spent down here
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
as news of the attack reaches the corral Queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers her entourage of nurses in tow carrying the valuable brood
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
and to the remaining brood others head for the surface for a first look at their strange new world in the royal chamber the queen has yet
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Why city flags may be...
and chambers of commerce and tourism boards. Sports teams can leave and break our hearts. And besides, some of us don't really care about sports. And tourism campaigns can just be cheesy. But a great city flag is something that represents a city to its people and its people to the world at large.
Video examples
The incredible history...
In addition, nearby chambers contain figures of musicians and acrobats, workers and government officials, and various exotic animals, indicating that Emperor Qin had more plans for the afterlife than simply waging war. All the figurines are sculpted from terracotta, or baked earth,
Video examples
How to unboil an egg -...
that adds extra stress and encourages it to fold up first. This unboiling method won't work with a whole egg in its shell since the solution has to spread throughout a cylindrical chamber. But the applications go way beyond uncooking your breakfast, anyhow.
Video examples
Queen Ant Mating Season...
He's not the first consort to the queen, and he probably won't be the last. Driver ant queens are, for ants, unusually promiscuous. He'll be one of many suitors she'll entertain during her lifetime. His job done, he retires from the royal chamber and dies.
Video examples
The colossal consequences...
is an explosive caldera, formed when a volcanic mountain collapses after an eruption so large that the now-empty magma chamber can no longer support its weight. But though the above-ground volcano is gone, the underground volcanic activity continues.
Video examples
Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
These adaptations helped neanderthals generate and retain body heat. Also, their noses were large and had relatively high bridges. This created a nasal chamber that warmed and humidfied the cold, dry air they'd breathe in northern regions.
Video examples
Turning chicken feathers...
for an afterburner chamber from girls that asked for way too many questions to designing a to reactive system everything started from wondering and friendship and never giving up so if a knight
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Underground Labyrinth Of...
tunnels and chambers over centuries they've shifted hundreds of tons of soil as the set has expanded and contracted in line with the family's fortunes most of the badges life is spent down here
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
as news of the attack reaches the corral Queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers her entourage of nurses in tow carrying the valuable brood
Video examples
Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
and to the remaining brood others head for the surface for a first look at their strange new world in the royal chamber the queen has yet
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Cass Sunstein
American Lawyer
If you have an architecture of control, let's say, where you select in advance everything that's going to affect your life, then you're going to live in a very small world that will have an echo chamber feature... Pandora, which I love, actually feeds into that.
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Huey Newton
American Activist
I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.
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Samuel Ullman
American Poet
In the central place of every heart, there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, you are young.
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Paolo Bacigalupi
American Writer
As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.
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Eugene Lee Yang
Content isn't just a brand or message that you develop yourself and then throw out into the echo chamber. It's a mirror.
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S. T. Joshi
Indian Critic
I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen
French Politician
I'm not saying that the gas chambers didn't exist. I couldn't see them myself.
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David Irving
British Author
I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz.
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Cass Sunstein
American Lawyer
If you have an architecture of control, let's say, where you select in advance everything that's going to affect your life, then you're going to live in a very small world that will have an echo chamber feature... Pandora, which I love, actually feeds into that.
Quote examples
Huey Newton
American Activist
I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.
Quote examples
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.
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Samuel Ullman
American Poet
In the central place of every heart, there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, you are young.
Quote examples
Paolo Bacigalupi
American Writer
As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.
Quote examples
Eugene Lee Yang
Content isn't just a brand or message that you develop yourself and then throw out into the echo chamber. It's a mirror.
Quote examples
S. T. Joshi
Indian Critic
I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
Quote examples
Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
Quote examples
Jean-Marie Le Pen
French Politician
I'm not saying that the gas chambers didn't exist. I couldn't see them myself.
Quote examples
David Irving
British Author
I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz.
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