Chambers

UK: /ˈtʃeɪmbəz/ US: (chām′bərz)

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Cham•bers  (chām′bərz), n. 

1. Biographical Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
2. Biographical Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.
3. Biographical Whittaker (Jay David Chambers), 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

cham•ber /ˈtʃeɪmbɚ/   n. 

[countable]
1. a private room in a house or apartment, esp. a bedroom.
2. a room in a palace or an official home:
   We saw the queen's meeting chambers.
3. Government
   • a law-making group or a branch of such a group: the upper and lower chambers of a legislature.
   • a room housing such an assembly.
4. Law chambers, [plural] a place where a judge listens to matters not needing action in the open courtroom.
5. an enclosed space;
   cavity:
   a chamber of the heart.

adj. [before a noun]

6. Music and Dance of, relating to, or performing chamber music:
   chamber players.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

cham•ber  (chām′bər), n. 

1. a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, esp. a bedroom:
   She retired to her chamber.
2. a room in a palace or official residence.
3. Government the meeting hall of a legislative or other assembly.
4. Law chambers:
   • Law a place where a judge hears matters not requiring action in open court.
   • Law the private office of a judge.
   • Law (in England) the quarters or rooms that lawyers use to consult with their clients, esp. in the Inns of Court.
5. Government a legislative, judicial, or other like body:
   the upper or the lower chamber of a legislature.
6. Government an organization of individuals or companies for a specified purpose.
7. Government the place where the moneys due a government are received and kept;
   a treasury or chamberlain's office.
8. Architecture (in early New England) any bedroom above the ground floor, generally named for the ground-floor room beneath it.
9. a compartment or enclosed space;
   cavity:
   a chamber of the heart.
10. Civil Engineering (in a canal or the like) the space between any two gates of a lock.
11. Military a receptacle for one or more cartridges in a firearm, or for a shell in a gun or other cannon.
12. Military (in a gun) the part of the barrel that receives the charge.
13. See chamber pot. 

adj. 

14. Music and Dance of, pertaining to, or performing chamber music:
    chamber players.

v.t. 

15. to put or enclose in, or as in, a chamber.
16. to provide with a chamber.

• Greek kamára
• Latin camera, variant of camara vaulted room, vault
• Old French
• Middle English chambre 1175–1225

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chambers / ˈtʃeɪmbəz/ noun:plural

1. a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
2. (in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)