chambered
chambered Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Divided into or containing internal compartments, rooms, or cavities.
"The chambered shell of the nautilus allows the marine creature to regulate its buoyancy in deep water."
Designed or bored to accept a specific cartridge or caliber (of a firearm).
"The antique sporting rifle was originally chambered for a rimfire cartridge that is no longer manufactured."
• verb
To move a cartridge into the firing chamber of a gun (past tense and past participle of chamber).
"The biathlete chambered a fresh round before aiming at the final target on the snow-covered range."
To place or confine in a room, compartment, or enclosed space (past tense and past participle of chamber).
"The ancient artifacts were carefully chambered inside a climate-controlled vault beneath the museum."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the root 'chamber' (from Old French 'chambre', derived from Latin 'camera' and Ancient Greek 'kamara', meaning a vaulted room) plus the suffix '-ed'.