| chamber Jul 1st 2013, 23:48, by PierreAbbat | | | | Line 26: | Line 26: | | | # One of the [[legislative]] bodies in a [[government]] where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others. | | # One of the [[legislative]] bodies in a [[government]] where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others. | | | #: '' The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower '''chamber'''. '' | | #: '' The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower '''chamber'''. '' | | | + | # A [[law]] [[office]] in a building housing several such offices, typically the office of a [[barrister]] in the [[United Kingdom]] or in the imagination of an [[African]] [[scammer]]. | | | | | | | | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
Latest revision as of 23:48, 1 July 2013 English[edit] Wikipedia Alternative forms[edit] Etymology[edit] From French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamara, "vaulted chamber"). Pronunciation[edit] chamber (plural chambers) - A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.
- 1845, Edgar Allen Poe, The Raven,
- Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
- Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
- While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
- As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
- An enclosed space. For example, a test chamber is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.
- In a firearm, this is the portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge.
- Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
- One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others.
- The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.
- A law office in a building housing several such offices, typically the office of a barrister in the United Kingdom or in the imagination of an African scammer.
Translations[edit] bedroom - Bulgarian: стая (bg) (stája) f, спалня (bg) (spálnja) f
- Catalan: cambra (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 房間 (zh) , 房间 (zh) (fángjiān)
- Dutch: slaapkamer (nl)
- Esperanto: dormoĉambro
- Finnish: makuuhuone (fi) , kamari (fi)
- French: chambre (fr) f, pièce (fr) f
- German: Raum (de) m, Schlafzimmer (de) n, Zimmer (de) n, Kammer (de) f, (archaic): Gemach (de) n, Schlafgemach (de) n
- Greek: θάλαμος (el) (thálamos) m, υπνοδωμάτιο (el) (ypnodomátio) n, κοιτώνας (el) (koitónas) m
- Hungarian: hálószoba (hu)
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part of a firearm holding the round before firing - The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked - Catalan: cambra f
- Korean: (1) 내실 (naesil), (2) 별실 (byeolsil), 방 (bang)
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Related terms[edit] chamber (third-person singular simple present chambers, present participle chambering, simple past and past participle chambered) - To enclose in a room.
- She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.
- To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
- The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.
- To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
- The rifle was originally chambered for 9MM, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.
- In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
- Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first.
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