Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chambers

/ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
cham-bers
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of rooms in a building used as an office or a residential apartment.

Archaic

noun

Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.

noun

Originally, a set of rooms at an Inn of Court used by one or more barristers as an office and residence; now, the office of one or more barristers in any building.

British usage

noun

In full king's chambers: parts of the sea next to the coast of England and Wales delimited by imaginary lines connecting headlands, over which the Crown asserted exclusive jurisdiction; these have now been superseded by the concept of the territorial sea.

British usage

noun

plural of chamber

Example Sentences

Etymology

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/
  • British English: /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəz/

Usage

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Questions

How do you pronounce chambers?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/.
What does chambers mean?
A set of rooms in a building used as an office or a residential apartment.
Where does chambers come from?
From chamber + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs).

How to pronounce chambers

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