Chambers

American  

[cheym-berz] / ˈtʃeɪm bərz /

noun

1. Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.

2. Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.

3. Whittaker Jay David Chambers, 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.

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chambers British  

/ ˈtʃeɪmbəz /

plural noun

1. a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court

2. (in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)

3. archaic a suite of rooms; apartments

4. (in the US) the private office of a judge

5. law

   1. in the privacy of a judge's chambers

   2. Former name for sense 5: in camera.  in a court not open to the public

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Example Sentences

“I think a lot of folks have probably learned a lesson about what it takes to be successful in this business,” Chambers said on a Feb. 19 investor call.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Thursday’s order set a hearing in the Richard H. Chambers U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Chambers used the credit to book another 14-day Celebrity sailing — in this case, one that took him and his wife around Spain and Morocco, among other places.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

Chambers sells about one million stems every year from a mix of different flowers, but said 85% of them were British-grown and only 15% imports.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“I don’t know what to say,” said Ishmael Chambers.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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