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sulkea huoneeseen
huone
makuuhuone, kamari, makuukamari
A room or set of rooms, particularly:
any Any individual's private room.
1845, w:Edgar Allen Poe|Edgar Allen Poe, s:The Raven|The Raven,
- 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.
A bedroom.
The private office of a judge.
The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
(label) A single law office in a building housing several.
(label) rooms Rooms in a lodging house.
Thackeray
- ...a bachelor's life in chambers...
puhekieltä (short for): a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers.
1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31:
- "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-aEtymology 8|-a lett-in'|in' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."
(label) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
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The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.
any Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
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A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber
puhekieltä The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
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Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
puhekieltä One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
puhekieltä A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
To enclose in a room.
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She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldnt 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.
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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.
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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.
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Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first.
puhekieltä To be lascivious.
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