chambers

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English

Etymology

From chamber +‎ -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/
• Hyphenation: cham‧bers

Noun

chambers pl (plural only)

1. (archaic) A set of rooms in a building used as an office or a residential apartment.
2. (by extension, law)
   1. Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.
   2. (British) 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.
3. Euphemistic form of chamber pot (“a container used for defecation and urination”); also, synonym of potty (“a small (chiefly plastic) pot used by children for defecation and urination when toilet-training”).
4. (British, 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by imaginary lines connecting headlands, over which the Crown asserted exclusive jurisdiction; these have now been superseded by the concept of the territorial sea.
5. A midmorning break at Eton College.

Translations

Noun

chambers

1. plural of chamber

Verb

chambers

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chamber

References

Further reading

• barristers’ chambers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• judge’s chambers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chambers (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Schamber, becharms, chambres