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noun

ˈchām-bər How to pronounce chamber (audio)
Definition of chambernext
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as in room
an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall the inner chamber is the president's private office

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as in cell
one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided if the camera doesn't work, check to see that the battery has been properly installed in its chamber

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as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest joined the local chamber of commerce

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chamber

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verb

as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter chambered the lost hikers in the barn until the next morning

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Recent Examples of chamber
Noun
The piece compares the political climate to 2006, when voter frustration with an unpopular Republican president and a Middle East war helped Democrats take both chambers. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Merry banqueters on the rear wall appeared unaware of the demons crawling up the side wall, as though ready to burst into the chamber itself. — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
In a later portion of the video, sources said the person believed to be Clark can be seen reaching into the backseat of the vehicle and then shooting Vazquez, before chambering a second round and taking his own life. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 20 May 2026 The gun did not fire, prosecutors said, because no round was chambered. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chamber
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chamber
  1. room
  2. cell
  3. organization
  4. house
  5. cabin
  6. association
  7. accommodate
  8. compartment
Noun
  • With the ability to hold a 74-ton payload and over 1,600 square feet of deck space, the SSC provides optimal room to transport supplies, vehicles—including up to four Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicles (ARVs)—and equipment to shorelines.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Each room includes a black-and-white Italian marble bathroom with a soak tub and a separate rain shower.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of room
Noun
  • Controlling and monitoring individual cells has also illuminated neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's and epilepsy.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
  • His work helped provide a basis for optogenetics, which combines optics and genetics in technologies designed to control events in cells of living animal tissues.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of cell
Noun
  • There is a subset of incoming college first year students, men and women, who find these organizations really appealing, and some of it is entirely understandable.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The county’s options for the facility range from holding Discovery Place in default and taking over the nature museum to accepting Discovery Place’s terms and giving the organization decades to repay the debt, staff said.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of organization
Verb
  • Tourist attractions abound—from colorful boutique shops to enticing coffee roasters—many housed in the pale-yellow, former government buildings.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The museum, leaders announced on Wednesday, will also house a genealogy center that will be intended to help visitors preserve family history through the company FamilySearch.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of house
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  • The seat The business class cabin is low-lit in blues and purples—a nice touch for the impending red eye—and the 30 seats are arranged in 7 rows of 1-2-1 configuration.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Of those injured, three were cabin crew members and six were passengers, Avianca said in a statement.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of cabin
Noun
  • The clash added another layer to a campaign in which el Sayed’s positions on foreign policy and his associations with prominent progressive figures have become points of contention.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The hospitality and hotel sector is one of Europe’s largest employers, with more than 10 million people working across 2 million businesses, according to data from Hotrec, the association of hotels, restaurants, bars, and cafés in Europe.
    — Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of association
Verb
  • Karen is newly sober, newly released, and seemingly determined to approach this chapter of her life with an earnestness that the rest of the cast may not be emotionally equipped to accommodate.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Open Doors plans to accommodate 80 clients at the shelter with staff on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of accommodate
Noun
  • In the cottages, the bathroom toilet compartments aren’t large enough to accommodate a wheelchair and there’s no guard rail, although the bathrooms themselves are roomy, with large walk-in showers.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The sanitizer in the third section of the three-compartment sink measured only 50 parts per million, well below the preferred 400 parts per million.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
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“Chamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chamber. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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