chamber

«chamber» in Mova's school dictionary: A room, especially a large one used for a special purpose… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a chamber, chambers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A room, especially a large one used for a special purpose (council chamber). tree →

2) (old) A bedroom or private room. tree →

3) A closed space inside the body, a machine or a plant (the heart has four chambers). tree →

4) A group of lawmakers, such as one house of a parliament. tree →

5) Chambers (UK): a judge's or lawyers' offices. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: the chambers of the heart, a cave chamber, a combustion chamber. In history and stories: the king's chamber, a secret chamber. In civics: the upper and lower chambers of parliament. Phrases: chamber music (for a small group), echo chamber.

examples

• The heart has four chambers. tree →
• Explorers found a hidden chamber in the pyramid. tree →
• The queen rested in her chamber. tree →
• The council meets in the town chamber. tree →
• Chamber music is played by a small group. tree →
• The cave opened into a huge chamber. tree →
• And he followed Luned to the chamber of her mistress. tree →

note

Pronounced CHAME-ber (rhymes with «danger»). Plural: chambers. «Chamber pot» is an old pot for a toilet at night.

In the corpora

• No real animal breathes fire; the bombardier beetle sprays a nearly boiling chemical mix from a tough chamber at attackers.
• A cow's stomach has four chambers, an alpaca's three.
• When a huge eruption empties the magma chamber, the ground above can collapse into a giant crater called a caldera.
• And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in his cool upper chamber.
• Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and locked them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chamber» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.