CHAMBERS

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• CHAMBERS (noun)
  The noun CHAMBERS has 1 sense:

1. English architect (1723-1796)

  Familiarity information: CHAMBERS used as a noun is very rare.

• CHAMBERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English architect (1723-1796)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Chambers; Sir William Chambers; William Chambers

Instance hypernyms:

architect; designer (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))

 Context examples 

We once carried out a small matter of renting some chambers for him when he was the Honourable Arthur Holmwood.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The lower right and left chambers of the heart.

(Cardiac Ventricle, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

On the issue of this question depended whether I should continue my work at Briony Lodge, or turn my attention to the gentleman’s chambers in the Temple.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The upper right and left chambers of the heart.

(Cardiac Atrium, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood.

(Diastole, NCI Thesaurus)

Now the whole set—I mean the chambers—is only three rooms; but Sophy arranges for the girls in the most wonderful way, and they sleep as comfortably as possible.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Observation chambers, implanted in various animal species and in man, used for intravital microscopy of the microcirculation in granulation tissue, preformed tissue, or of the microvascularization of tissue implants.

(Dorsal Skinfold Window Chamber Model, NCI Thesaurus)

The blood pressure after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood.

(Diastolic Blood Pressure, NCI Thesaurus)

Our old chambers had been left unchanged through the supervision of Mycroft Holmes and the immediate care of Mrs. Hudson.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The paired upper chambers of the heart.

(Cardiac Atrium, NCI Thesaurus)