[
  {
    "word": "chamber",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8t\u0283e\u026amb\u0259(\u0279)/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8t\u0283e\u026amb\u0259(\u0279)/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8t\u0283e\u026amb\u025a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/chamber-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1669278",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A room or set of rooms, particularly:",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A chamberpot.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The legislature or division of the legislature itself.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber"
          },
          {
            "definition": "An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target."
          },
          {
            "definition": "One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To enclose in a room.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The rifle was originally chambered for 9mm, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber."
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be lascivious.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "blissom",
          "lust"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chamber",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chamber%20pot"
    ]
  }
]