Definition/Meaning of chamber

• English - Noun: chamber ( plural chambers ) 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 . An…
• English - Verb: chamber ( third-person singular simple present chambers , present participle chambering , simple past and past participle chambered ) To enclose in a room . She had chambered herself in her room , and wouldn't come out . To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers . 1893 , Publications of the Scottish History Society (volume 14 , page 64) I chambered with Alexander Preston . To place in a…
• English - Alternative forms: chambre ( obsolete )
• English - Etymology: From French chambre , from Latin camera , from Ancient Greek καμάρα ( kamára , “ vaulted chamber ” ).
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/