chamber
Legislative meeting hall
A chamber is an enclosed space or room, often one with a specific purpose: a burial chamber, a torture chamber, a gas chamber.
Legislative bodies meet in chambers, and the body itself may be called a chamber: the upper chamber of Congress.
A chamber in the body is a hollow space: the chambers of the heart.
In firearms, the chamber holds the cartridge before firing.
To chamber a round is to load it into position.
A chambered nautilus has compartmented shells.
Secure storage chamber
- cavityEmpty space within
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
- cellBasic unit of life
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
pod · capsule · vestibule · recess · alcove · nook · grotto · tomb
Hooped cylindrical vessel
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- bulletFired metal projectile
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
- breechRear of barrel
cylinder · revolver · round · load · magazine · bore · caliber · muzzle
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- assemblyConstructing from components
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- committeeAppointed group for duties
unicameral · caucus · quorum · lawmaking · representatives · delegates · deputies · floor
Prolonged sound reflection
- echoReflected sound wave
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- soundproofImpenetrable to audio
- recording studioFacility for capturing audio
anechoic · acoustics · damping · absorption · frequency · harmonics · timbre · isolation booth
Woman's private chamber
- bedroomRoom for sleeping
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
- suiteConnected hotel rooms
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
parlor · drawing room · sitting room · anteroom · privy · dressing room · study · solarium
vault
Secure storage chamber
- cavityEmpty space within
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
- cellBasic unit of life
crypt · pod · capsule · vestibule · recess · alcove · nook · grotto · tomb · sepulcher
barrel
Hooped cylindrical vessel
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- bulletFired metal projectile
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
breech · cylinder · revolver · round · load · magazine · bore · caliber · muzzle · pistol
parliament
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- assemblyConstructing from components
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
committee · unicameral · caucus · quorum · lawmaking · representatives · delegates · deputies · floor · gallery
reverb
Prolonged sound reflection
- echoReflected sound wave
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- soundproofImpenetrable to audio
recording studio · anechoic · acoustics · damping · absorption · frequency · harmonics · timbre · isolation booth · sound stage
boudoir
Woman's private chamber
salon · parlor · drawing room · sitting room · anteroom · privy · dressing room · study · solarium · den
quartet
Ensemble of four
recital · sonata · trio · quintet · baroque · classical · Mozart · Haydn · performers · concert
- cavescave, cavern, caves, caverns, grotto
- burrowsburrow, rabbit warren, tunnel, warren, fox den
- dungeondungeon, oubliette, cell bars, chains, prison cell
- small dwellingstiny house, tiny home, tiny homes, tiny houses, micro apartment
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, state legislature, legislators
chamberhallway
Interior connecting passage
corridor · open space · passage · thoroughfare · outdoors
chamberwhole
Full and undivided
open plan · open floor · expanse · great hall · loft
- echo chamberSelf-reinforcing information environment
- torture chamberSpace for inflicting suffering
- legislative chamberHall where laws form
- chamber musicSmall-group classical compositions
- magma chambersSubsurface molten rock reservoirs
- chamber potPortable indoor toilet vessel
chambers, chambered, antechamber, chambermaid, chamberlain, bedchamber, chambering, chamber music, chambermaids