Definition of chamber

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Chamber (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns..

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Chamber :: Chamber (v. t.) To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun..
Bedpan :: Bedpan (n.) A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed..
Deputy :: Deputy (n.) A member of the Chamber of Deputies.
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..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers..
Scaphite :: Scaphite (n.) Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation..
Antechamber :: Antechamber (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby..
Belemnite :: Belemnite (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages..
Room :: Room (n.) Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber..
Air Chamber :: Air chamber () A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.
Water Cell :: Water cell () A cell containing water; specifically (Zool.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel..
Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..
Septum :: Septum (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus..
Chamberlainship :: Chamberlainship (n.) Office of a chamberlain.
Casemate :: Casemate (n.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops..
Chambered :: Chambered (imp. & p. p.) of Chambe.
Prenasal :: Prenasal (a.) Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers..
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.
Bour :: Bour (n.) A chamber or a cottage.
Stanzaic :: Stanza (n.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
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