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View synonyms for chambered

chambered

[ cheym-berd ]

adjective

  1. having compartmental chambers:

    a spiral chambered seashell.



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  • un·chambered adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chambered1

1350–1400; Middle English. See chamber, -ed 3

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Example Sentences

In an insane display of oneupmanship, Crittenton allegedly produced his own gun and chambered a round.

He loudly chambered his shotgun and the burglar very quickly skedaddled.

The distribution of the blood is controlled by the heart, a great four-chambered pump.

No scavenger shark, no carrion crab, ever chambered more grisly secrets in his digestive processes than this big charnel bird.

The gas-bag was of the chambered sort used for these long forms, and not with an internal balloonette.

Uvo lifted the lid and the gas-light flashed from the plated parts of a six-chambered revolver with a six-inch barrel.

The heart consists at first of one chamber only, recalling the one-chambered heart of Crustacea.

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