{
    "term": "chamber",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a hall in a public building that is used for formal meetings",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The members left the council chamber."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **Senate/House chamber**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had to answer some tricky questions from the floor of the debating chamber."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is due to deliver a speech in the senate chamber."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["grand", "great", "large"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the chamber"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "one of the parts of a parliament",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **Lower/Upper Chamber** *(= in Britain, the House of Commons/House of Lords)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party has gained more seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the Italian parliament."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Under Senate rules, the chamber must vote on the bill by this Friday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chamber has/have been very vocal in supporting these initiatives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She believes there should be an elected second chamber to replace the House of Lords."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are plans to abolish the non-elected upper chamber of the federal legislature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are seeking to overturn the Liberal majority in the second chamber."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lower", "upper", "first"],
                "phrases": ["chamber of commerce"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a room used for the particular purpose that is mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a Bronze Age burial chamber"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dark", "darkened", "private"],
                "verb + chamber": ["enter", "seal"],
                "chamber + noun": ["door"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a space in the body, in a plant or in a machine that is separated from the rest",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the chambers of the heart"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the rocket’s combustion chamber"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the chamber of a gun *(= the part that holds the bullets)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a space under the ground that is almost completely closed on all sides",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They found themselves in a vast underground chamber."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dark", "darkened", "private"],
                "verb + chamber": ["enter", "seal"],
                "chamber + noun": ["door"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a bedroom or private room",
            "labels": "(old use)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Lady Eleanor was found dead in her chamber."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃeɪmbə(r)/",
                "audio": "ch/chamber/chamber__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃeɪmbər/",
                "audio": "ch/chamber/chamber__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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’."
}