Topic: HUMAN
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| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | chambre, from Late Latin camera, from Latin, 'curved roof', from Greek kamara |
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cham‧ber W3
1 an enclosed space, especially in your body or inside a machine : 
a combustion chamberThe heart has four chambers.
enclosed space
[countable]HBHa combustion chamberThe heart has four chambers.2 a room used for a special purpose, especially an unpleasant one
room
[countable]TBB gas/torture chamber (=used for killing people by gas or for hurting them)
3 a large room in a public building used for important meetings : the council chamber
meeting room
[countable]TBBthe council chamber4 one of the two parts of a parliament or of the US Congress. For example, in Britain the upper chamber is the House of Lords and the lower chamber is the House of Commons
parliament
[countable]PGP5 a word used in the past to mean a bedroom or private room : the Queen's private chambers
private room
[countable]DHthe Queen's private chambers7 the part of a gun where you put the bullets
