Chamber House Deputies Italian Parliament Noun Bre ˈtʃeɪmbə(R

• the members left the council chamber.
• the senate/house chamber
• the lower/upper chamber (= in britain, the house of commons/house of lords)
• the chamber of deputies in the italian parliament

chamber

1. a hall in a public building that is used for formal meetings
• see also Chamber of Commerce
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chamber-of-commerce
• The members left the council chamber.
• the Senate/House chamber
2. one of the parts of a parliament
• the Lower/Upper Chamber (= in Britain, the House of Commons/House of Lords)
• the Chamber of Deputies in the Italian parliament
• Under Senate rules, the chamber must vote on the bill by this Friday.
3. a room used for the particular purpose that is mentioned
• see also gas chamber
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/gas-chamber
• a burial chamber
• Divers transfer from the water to a decompression chamber.
4. a space in the body, in a plant or in a machine, which is separated from the rest
• the chambers of the heart
• the rocket’s combustion chamber
• the chamber of a gun (= the part that holds the bullets)
5. a space under the ground which is almost completely closed on all sides
• They found themselves in a vast underground chamber.
6. a bedroom or private room
• See related entries: Historic buildings
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/historic_buildings/chamber_2
• Lady Eleanor was found dead in her chamber.

Extra Examples

• She believes there should be an elected second chamber to replace the House of Lords.
• a Bronze Age burial chamber
• He had to answer some tricky questions from the floor of the debating chamber.
• She is due to deliver a speech in the senate chamber.
• The party has gained more seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the Italian parliament.
• There are plans to abolish the non-elected upper chamber of the federal legislature.
• They are seeking to overturn the Liberal majority in the second chamber.
• the chamber of a gun
• the rocket’s combustion chamber

Word 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’.