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Meaning of chamber lamp

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

chamber

Pronunciation:/ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)//ˈtʃeɪmbɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A room or set of rooms, particularly:

  2. A chamberpot.

  3. 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.

  4. Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.

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

verb

Definitions

  1. To enclose in a room.

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

  2. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

noun

Definitions

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