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The correct spelling is chamber.
How to pronounce chamber
/ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Cha-mbe-r
The correct spelling is chamber. A room or set of rooms, particularly: For example: "The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber."
Usage Examples
“The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.”
“A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber”
“Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A room or set of rooms, particularly:
- 2.A chamberpot.
- 3.The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
- 4.Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
- 5.An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
verb
- 1.To enclose in a room.
- 2.To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
- 3.To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
- 4.To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
- 5.In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
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