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A room or set of rooms, particularly:

A chamberpot.

The legislature or division of the legislature itself.

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

Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.

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

To enclose in a room.

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

To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

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

Example: 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.

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

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