chamber
noun
[ ˈtʃeɪmbə ]
• a large room used for formal or public events.
• "a council chamber"
• a private room, especially a bedroom.
• an enclosed space or cavity.
• "a burial chamber"
• of or for a small group of instruments.
• "a chamber concert"
chamber
verb
• place (a bullet) into the chamber of a gun.
• "he chambered a fresh cartridge"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘private room’): from Old French chambre, from Latin camera ‘vault, arched chamber’, from Greek kamara ‘object with an arched cover’.
