Phrase Hound found 78 phrases and 54 compound words that contain chamber. The most common are listed below. Open chamber in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 78
- chamber musicA genre of classical music written for a small group of instruments
- chamber of commerceAn association of businesses to promote their interests in a community.
- combustion chamberAn enclosed space, within a heat engine, in which the fuel is mixed and reacted with air or other oxidizing agent in a controlled manner.
- chamber potA container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.
- echo chamberA room or other enclosed space that is highly conducive to the production of echoes, particularly one that has been designed and built for this purpose.
- gas chamberA sealed chamber in which people are executed with poison gas.
- vacuum chamberA compartment which can be depressurized to the point where no air exists inside of it. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- red chamberThe assembly hall in which the Senate of Canada convenes; (metonymic) the Senate of Canada itself.
- torture chamberA room equipped for carrying out torture.
- chamber orchestraAn orchestra of modest size, to play chamber music, yet larger than the various chamber ensembles named after their number of instruments (from duo to nonet).
- cloud chamberA particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation. In its most basic form, it is a sealed environment containing a supersaturated vapor of water or alcohol, in which a mist can be seen where a charged particle interacts with the …
- blue chamberA forbidden room.
- anterior chamberA space inside the eye between the cornea and the iris, filled with aqueous humour.
- burial chamberA chamber, often below ground level, used to bury the remains of the dead.
- posterior chamberA narrow space inside the eye between the iris and the lens, filled with aqueous humour.
- chamber playA play of usually three acts which can be performed with a small cast and practically no sets or costumes in a small space.
- chamber popA subgenre of rock music which places increased emphasis on melody, often incorporating vocal harmonies and bowed string instruments.
- climate chamberAn enclosure used to test the effects of specified environmental conditions on biological items, industrial products, materials, and electronic devices and components.
- living chamberThe part of a cephalopod's shell which is physically occupied by the animal's body, as opposed to those chambers that serve to provide buoyancy.
- star chamberA legal or administrative body with strict, arbitrary rulings and secretive proceedings.
- chamber operaA genre of opera written to be performed with a chamber ensemble.
- magma chamberA large underground pool of molten rock lying under the surface of the earth's crust.
- chamber ensembleA musical ensemble of modest size, to play chamber music; can be more specifically named after its number (from duo to nonet) and/or type(s) (e.g. wood, brass, strings) of instruments.
- chamber tombA communal burial place, cut into rock or hillslopes or constructed of masonry, whose chamber may or may not have an entry passage, usually covered by a mound.
- black chamberA government or royal court's cryptanalyst department.
Compound words 54
- chambermaidA maid who handles the chores in a hotel room or (chiefly historically) a bedroom in a wealthy household.
- chamberwareToiletries that are designed for use in a bedroom, such as bowls with ewers, shaving mugs, chamber pots, soap dishes, etc.
- bridechamberThe nuptial apartment.
- chamberesqueResembling or characteristic of chamber music.
- chamberstickA short candlestick with a pan at the base to catch dripping wax.
- microchamberA microscale chamber.
- rechamberTo rebore or alter the chamber of (a firearm).
- barochamberSynonym of hyperbaric chamber: A vessel containing air at an elevated pressure, especially one used to administer oxygen to a patient
- biochamberA biologically secure chamber, typically attached to a microscope, in which dangerous organisms are contained
- chamberfulThe amount that fills a chamber.