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Chamber can be a verb or a noun.

chamber used as a verb:

  1. To enclose in a room.
    "She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out."
  2. To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
    "The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge."
  3. To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
    "The rifle was originally chambered for 9MM, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber."
  4. In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
    "Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila, having studied her Agrippa, used Bruce Lee's one-inch punch to break his nose."

Verbs are action words and state of being words. Examples of action words are: ran, attacking, dreamed. Examples of "state of being" words are: is, was, be. Learn more →

chamber used as a noun:

  1. A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.
  2. An enclosed space. For example, a test chamber is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.
  3. In a firearm, this is the portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge.
    "Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target."
  4. One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others.
    "The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber."

Nouns are naming words. They are used to represent a person (soldier, Jamie), place (Germany, beach), thing (telephone, mirror), quality (hardness, courage), or an action (a run, a punch). Learn more →

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As detailed above, 'chamber' can be a verb or a noun. Here are some examples of its usage:
  1. Verb usage: She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.
  2. Verb usage: The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.
  3. Verb usage: The rifle was originally chambered for 9MM, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.
  4. Verb usage: Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila, having studied her Agrippa, used Bruce Lee's one-inch punch to break his nose.
  5. Noun usage: Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
  6. Noun usage: The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.

Unfortunately, with the current database that runs this site, I don't have data about which senses of chamber are used most commonly. I've got ideas about how to fix this but will need to find a source of "sense" frequencies. Hopefully there's enough info above to help you understand the part of speech of chamber, and guess at its most common usage.

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