chambered

verb

past tense of chamber
as in housed
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 chambered The programmable fuze is set via a data link as the round is chambered. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026 The gun did not fire, prosecutors said, because no round was chambered. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026 The Department of Homeland Security later released a photograph of the weapon, which officials familiar with the evidence said appears to be a custom Sig Sauer P320 chambered in 9mm. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026 Bies will succeed the Honorable Vicki Vial Taylor and will be chambered in Hastings in Dakota County. — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chambered
  1. housed
  2. lodged
  3. accommodated
Verb
  • The mission museum and gift shop are housed in the original Convent Wing, once the residential quarters of Franciscan priests and friars.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Rodriguez said in a May phone interview with the Herald that detainees had been complaining when a guard approached him and told him to walk out of the cage where he and other men were housed.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Definition of housed
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  • During the search, BPD said officers found a ghost gun that contained one spent shell casing lodged in the chamber and was loaded with 16 live rounds in a large-capacity magazine.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Devers furthered the Giants’ cause with a ground-rule double that lodged itself under the padding along the right-field line, scoring Schmitt.
    — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
Definition of lodged
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  • In a single event, the ridge accommodated nearly 40 years’ worth of plate motion.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
  • Those needs are easily accommodated through thoughtful exceptions easily administered by teachers and school staff.
    — Paul Jester, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of accommodated

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“Chambered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chambered. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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