Definition of chamber

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Chamber (n.) A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye..

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Auricle :: Auricle (n.) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart..
Midfeather :: Midfeather (n.) A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion chamber.
Bridechamber :: Bridechamber (n.) The nuptial apartment.
Base-burner :: Base-burner (n.) A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed..
Foraminifera :: Foraminifera (n. pl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda..
Perilymph :: Perilymph (n.) The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies..
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam..
Chambering :: Chambering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chambe.
Bedchamber :: Bedchamber (n.) A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in.
Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce..
Chamberer :: Chamberer (n.) One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid.
Howitzer :: Howitzer (n.) A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges..
Columbiad :: Columbiad (n.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation..
Commode :: Commode (n.) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel.
Inchambering :: Inchambering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inchambe.
Podium :: Podium (n.) The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers..
Hypocaust :: Hypocaust (n.) A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses..
Kiln :: Kiln (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone..
Stanzaic :: Stanza (n.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
Lock-weir :: Lock-weir (n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber..
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