Word Finder - chamber

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A room or set of rooms, particularly:

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A chamberpot.

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The legislature or division of the legislature itself.

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The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.

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Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.

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A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber

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An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.

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The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.

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Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.

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One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.

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A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.

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One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.

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To enclose in a room.

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She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.

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To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

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To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.

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The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.

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To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.

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The rifle was originally chambered for 9mm, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.

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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.

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Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first.

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To be lascivious.

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A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.

You remember the chamber where you were earlier?

He pushed the door open to his chamber and saw Katie on the bed with an unconscious Iliana.

In the center of the chamber was a small fountain whose waters had long gone dry.

Katie walked to Kris.s chamber on the floor below.

Kris had managed to create a barrier around the chamber to keep Immortals from trespassing via the shadow world.

She pushed the door open to the next chamber and ducked inside.

She crossed the stone tiles to the center of the chamber and circled the plain fountain.

The man's air cooled even further, and the men in the chamber tensed.

C.mon, Toby, Katie said and turned away, allowing Toby to pull her down the hall to the dining chamber, which had yet to fill up.

Long ago, before Sasha broke from the Council, he had stayed in a corner chamber overlooking the forest.

He flung the door open and shoved the healer into the room, ignoring the two surprised occupants of the chamber as he closed the door without entering.

All the attractions of a house were concentrated in one room; it was kitchen, chamber, parlor, and keeping-room; and whatever satisfaction parent or child, master or servant, derive from living in a house, I enjoyed it all.

A quick look around the chamber showed no sign of his mate.

She left the bathroom light on and returned to her bed, chilled by the drafty chamber that was now hers.

Katie trotted to the chamber next to Kris.s, knowing the guest chambers were near but not sure which was which.

There was no way for her to measure the size of the chamber, for the darkness inside was more impenetrable than night, with the exception of a circle of light ten meters from the door.

The small chamber holding the battle planner was silent, and he waved the computer on, unable to hold himself up any longer.

She expected another similar chamber with a low ceiling and plain walls and was stunned at the massive cave before her.

Decontam chamber is that way.

There was a long moment of silence from the chamber around her, filled by the sound of her breathing as it grew more erratic, louder.

She returned to her chamber, where Lankha still worked his magic on an unconscious Toby under Ully.s watchful gaze.

They climbed a set of wide, sweeping stone stairs that led up to the building, past towering columns, and into an airy chamber without a ceiling.

Her gaze went around the chamber and settled on the alcohol in the corner.

Jade walked into Darkyn.s open chamber to find the demon arming himself for battle.

Kris's chamber was a burnt-out hull, and he lingered for a moment, regret in his belly.

He.d paced in front of her chamber at some point every day for three weeks, wanting to tell her something, anything, to make her want to stay.

The decontamination chamber sealed itself.

The chamber beyond was dark, lit by the soft glow of a single torch beside a clear sarcophagus.

She knew Kris.s chamber, the guest chamber, Katie.s chamber, and the dining hall.

Tamer emerged from Kris's chamber into the hallway first, armed with a scythe and a bo, while Erik followed with a long sword.

The trail led him to Kris.s large chamber, and he strode in without knocking.

Katie covered her head as they trounced over her and rolled to the other side of the chamber, fighting.

Deidre opened the door into the familiar chamber and closed it behind her, leaning against it.

It took all her strength to shove the hefty door wide enough for her to enter the dark chamber beyond that was lit by a single torch.

She reached the beginning again and looked around the chamber, perplexed.

She envisioned Kris.s chamber on one of the upper floors and emerged from the shadow world into the chamber.

To the Norwood Catacombs, there is a hidden chamber where the Exemplars meet.

They dragged him out of the chamber, down the stairs, and into the streets.

I've been instructed to show you to your chamber, after which I'll be released.

Go to your chamber.

She walked into the chamber, awed by the drawings and writings on the walls.

Beyond the iron wall sliding away was a small portcullis, which stood between him and a small stone chamber with ensconced torches.

Dean sniffed the gun and opened the chamber, careful to not make a noise.

I knew you were in Hell in Jade.s chamber.

Inside was another small chamber.

As far as we know.  I didn't see her enter the portal, but one of our spies was in her fortress when she entered the chamber you indicated.

The chamber's drapes were drawn, extinguishing all but enough light to see.

Hilden glanced around the round chamber, which had fallen quiet after his words.

Directly under the altar is situated the pantheon or royal mausoleum, a richly decorated octagonal chamber with upwards of twenty niches, occupied by black marble urnas or sarcophagi, kept sacred for the dust of kings or mothers of kings.

It did little to satisfy the Radicals, who were angered by the refusal of the second' chamber to agree to their proposal for the summoning of a+.