| chamber | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. chamber | a natural or artificial enclosed space. |
| ~ air lock, airlock | a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure. |
| ~ air-raid shelter, bomb shelter, bombproof | a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids. |
| ~ burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture | a chamber that is used as a grave. |
| ~ cofferdam, pneumatic caisson, caisson | large watertight chamber used for construction under water. |
| ~ camera obscura | a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface. |
| ~ core | the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place. |
| ~ piston chamber, cylinder | a chamber within which piston moves. |
| ~ enclosure | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. |
| ~ firing chamber, gun chamber | chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge. |
| ~ furnace | an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.. |
| ~ hyperbaric chamber | a large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere; used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning. |
| ~ particle detector | a chamber in which particles can be made visible. |
| ~ cavity resonator, resonating chamber, resonator | a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves. |
| ~ steam chest | the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder. |
| ~ fireroom, stokehold, stokehole | (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired. |
| ~ packing box, stuffing box | a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal. |
| ~ tokamak | a doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research; a plasma is heated and confined in a magnetic bottle. |
| ~ vacuum chamber | a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed. |
| n. (body) | 2. chamber | an enclosed volume in the body.; "the chambers of his heart were healthy" |
| ~ bodily cavity, cavum, cavity | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body. |
| ~ heart ventricle, ventricle | a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries. |
| ~ atrium | any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. chamber | a room where a judge transacts business. |
| ~ diwan, divan | a Muslim council chamber or law court. |
| ~ room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" |
| n. (group) | 4. chamber | a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly.; "the upper chamber is the senate" |
| ~ assembly | a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. bedchamber, bedroom, chamber, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room | a room used primarily for sleeping. |
| ~ bed | a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" |
| ~ boudoir | a lady's bedroom or private sitting room. |
| ~ child's room | a bedroom for a child. |
| ~ dorm room, dormitory room, dormitory | a large sleeping room containing several beds. |
| ~ dwelling, dwelling house, abode, domicile, habitation, home | housing that someone is living in.; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" |
| ~ guestroom | a bedroom that is kept for the use of guests. |
| ~ hotel room | a bedroom (usually with bath) in a hotel. |
| ~ master bedroom | the principal bedroom in a house; usually occupied by the head of the household. |
| ~ motel room | a sleeping room in a motel. |
| ~ room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" |
| v. (stative) | 6. chamber | place in a chamber. |
| ~ domiciliate, house, put up | provide housing for.; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" |
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