Chamber

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Chamber

Chamber : a room arai

Chamber : அறை

Chamber definition

Noun.

  1. A retired room, Especially. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
  2. Apartments in a lodging house.
  3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.
  4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.
  5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.
  6. A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court.
  7. A chamber pot.
  8. That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, Especially. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, Especially. in breech-loading guns.
  9. A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder.
  10. A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
  2. To be lascivious.

Transitive verb.

  1. To shut up, as in a chamber.
  2. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.