GUN CHAMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gun chamber mean? 

• GUN CHAMBER (noun)
  The noun GUN CHAMBER has 1 sense:

1. chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge

  Familiarity information: GUN CHAMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUN CHAMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

firing chamber; gun chamber

Hypernyms ("gun chamber" is a kind of...):

chamber (a natural or artificial enclosed space)

Holonyms ("gun chamber" is a part of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))