Word Meanings - CHAMBER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in chambers." Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly;

Additional info about word: CHAMBER

Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in chambers." Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (more info) LL. chamber, fr. Gr. kmar to be crooked. Cf. Camber, Camera, 1. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers. 2. pl.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CHAMBER)

• Apartment
• Room
• chamber
• hall
• lodging
• berth
• Council
• Cabinet
• bureau
• consultation
• conclave
• parliament
• congress
• synod
• company
• assembly
• meeting
• conference
• convention
• convocation

Related words: (words related to CHAMBER)

• MEETER
  One who meets.
• CONFERENCE
  A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. 6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. Conference meeting,
• BERTH
  Convenient sea room. A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf. 2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. "He has a good berth."
• CONVENTIONALLY
  In a conventional manner.
• CHAMBERING
  Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13.
• CONGRESSIVE
  Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.
• CHAMBERER
  1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. Chaucer. 2. A civilian; a carpetmonger.
• CONVENTIONAL
  1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale. 2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by
• LODGMENT
  The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment. (more info) 1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged. Any particle which is of size enough to
• CONVENTIONALISM
  The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. (more info) 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
• BUREAUCRAT
  An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.
• CHAMBERED
  Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
• CONGRESSMAN
  A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.
• BERTHA
  A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.
• CONVOCATIONIST
  An advocate or defender of convocation.
• CONVENTIONIST
  One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
• BUREAUCRATIST
  An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.
• APARTMENT HOUSE
  A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.
• ASSEMBLY
  A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble. Note: In some of the United States, the legislature, or the popular branch of it, is called the Assembly, or the General Assembly. In the Presbyterian Church, the General
• LODGEABLE
  1. That may be or can be lodged; as, so many persons are not lodgeable in this village. 2. Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in. " The lodgeable area of the earth." Jeffrey.
• UNLODGE
  To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment. Carew.
• STAR-CHAMBER
  An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed
• TRUST COMPANY
  Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
• WATCH MEETING
  A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
• INCHAMBER
  To lodge in a chamber. Sherwood.