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Chamber vs Smokebox - What's the difference?

chamber | smokebox |

As nouns the difference between chamber and smokebox

is that chamber is a room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room while smokebox is a chamber in which smoke passes from a boiler before being vented through a chimney.

As a verb chamber

is to enclose in a room.

chamber

English

(wikipedia chamber)

Alternative forms

* chambre (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.
  • * 1845, ,
    • Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
    While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
    As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
  • An enclosed space.
    • the chamber''' of a canal lock; the '''chamber''' of a furnace; the '''chamber of the eye
    A ''test chamber'' is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.
  • (firearms) The portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge; each of the cylindrical compartments of a revolver that can hold a bullet
    • Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
  • 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 .
  • A law office in a building housing several such offices, typically the office of a barrister in the United Kingdom or in the imagination of an African scammer.
  • (dated, in the plural) Apartments in a lodging house.
  • * Thackeray
    • a bachelor's life in chambers
  • (obsolete) A chamber pot.
  • (historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.

    • Derived terms

    * torture chamber

    Related terms

    * bubble chamber * chamberlain * chambermaid * chamber music * chamber of commerce * chamber pot * cloud chamber * in chambers * Wilson chamber

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enclose in a room.
    • She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.
  • To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
  • * 1893 , Publications of the Scottish History Society (volume 14, page 64)
    • I chambered with Alexander Preston.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 struck first.
  • (obsolete) To be lascivious.

    • Anagrams

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    smokebox

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia smokebox) (es)
  • A chamber in which smoke passes from a boiler before being vented through a chimney