chambers

IPA: tʃˈeɪmbɝz

noun

  • (archaic) A set of rooms in a building used as an office or a residential apartment.
  • (by extension, law)
  • Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.
  • (Britain) Originally, a set of rooms at an Inn of Court used by one or more barristers as an office and residence; now, the office of one or more barristers in any building.
  • (Britain, historical) In full king's chambers: parts of the sea next to the coast of England and Wales delimited by imaginary lines connecting headlands, over which the Crown asserted exclusive jurisdiction; these have now been superseded by the concept of the territorial sea.
  • A surname.
  • A township in Temagami municipality, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
  • An unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona.
  • A township and village therein, in Holt County, Nebraska.
  • An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
  • Ellipsis of Chambers County. [One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: LaFayette. Named after Henry H. Chambers.]
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Examples of "chambers" in Sentences

  • Each of the 3 main chambers is approx. 8 'x 8' and 10ft deep.

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