chamber Synonyms
Another word for chamber
• noun (Context 1)
A large room used for formal, public, or legislative events, or historically a private bedroom.
"The senators gathered in the main hall to debate the proposed environmental legislation."
• noun (Context 2)
One of the houses of a parliament or legislature, or a council organized to promote commercial and civic interests.
"The bill was approved by the lower house and now awaits a vote in the senate."
• noun (Context 3)
An enclosed space, cavity, or compartment within a machine, natural structure, or living organism (such as a section of the heart).
"Oxygenated blood flows into the left cavity of the heart before being pumped throughout the body."
• noun (Context 4)
A judge's private office, or (in the plural) the offices used by barristers where legal business not requiring a courtroom is conducted.
"The judge asked the two attorneys to step into her chambers to discuss the admissibility of the evidence."
• verb (Context 5)
To place or load a cartridge into the firing compartment of a firearm, or to manufacture a gun to hold a specific size of ammunition.
"The vintage target rifle was originally chambered for a smaller, low-recoil cartridge."
• verb (Context 6)
To enclose or confine in a room or compartment, or to divide a structure into separate cavities.
"The nautilus shell is naturally chambered into a spiral series of gas-filled compartments."
Opposites of chamber
The opposite of chamber shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: