chambers
Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.
Noun 3 meanings
Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.
Originally, a set of rooms at an Inn of Court used by one or more barristers as an office and residence; now, the office of one or more barristers in any building.
A midmorning break at Eton College.
Etymology
From chamber + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs).
CHAMBERS at a glance
CHAMBERS has 8 letters and scores 17 points in Scrabble (C 3 + H 4 + A 1 + M 3 + B 3 + E 1 + R 1 + S 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,344 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with chambers
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- CHAMPERS17
- CLAMBERS14
- CHAMFERS18
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