chamber
/ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.47 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Ellipsis of chamber pot (“a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers”).
Obsolete
noun
The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
Example Sentences
- "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, / While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."
- "A committee of marriageable ladies, or of any Christian persons interested in the propagation of the domestic virtues, should employ a Cruikshank or a Leech, or some other kindly expositor of the follies of the day, to make a series of designs representing the horrors of a bachelor's life in chambers, and leading the beholder to think of better things, and a more wholesome condition."
- ""Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang.""
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”). Doublet of camera.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/
- British English: /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbə/
Usage
- British usage
- Dated
- Obsolete
- Transitive verb