Definizione monolingua

chamber

chamber (third-person singular simple present chambers, present participle chambering, simple past and past participle chambered)

1. To enclose in a room.

   She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldnt come out.

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

   The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.

3. To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.

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

4. In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.

   Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila, having studied her Agrippa, used Bruce Lees one-inch punch to break his nose.

chamber (plural chambers)

1. A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.
   • 1845, Edgar Allen Poe, The Raven,

     Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

     Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,

     While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

     As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

2. An enclosed space. For example, a test chamber is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.
3. In a firearm, this is the portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge.

   Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.

4. One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others.

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

Definizione dizionario chamber

	camera
	legislative body
	bedroom
	Una stanza della casa (normalmente contenente almeno un letto ed un armadio) dove dormono le persone.
	A room in a house (usually containing at least a bed and a wardrobe) where a person sleeps.

	camera da letto
	Una stanza della casa (normalmente contenente almeno un letto ed un armadio) dove dormono le persone.
	A room in a house (usually containing at least a bed and a wardrobe) where a person sleeps.

	da
	bedroom

	letto
	bedroom

alloggiare

cavità

culatta

ospitare

stanza

Altri significati:

A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.

One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others.

part of a firearm holding the round before firing

enclosed space

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

To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.

An enclosed space. For example, a test chamber is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.

To enclose in a room.

In a firearm, this is the portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge.

In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.