The chamber of environmental engineering raises an objection to new law.
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
Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila, having studied her Agrippa, used Bruce Lee's one-inch punch to break his nose.
A chamber is a room designed and equipped for a particular purpose. For many, the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber. see also gas chamber. bubble chamber chamber music chamber of commerce cloud chamber Star Chamber hyperbaric chamber recompression chamber decompression chamber
A narrower portion of the bore, at its base Most typically found in howitzers, it allows a projectile to be fired using less powder than a gun of the same caliber
The meeting place for the membership of either the House or Senate A chamber is often referred to as "the floor "
as regards the U S government, either the House of Representatives or the Senate
Part of the gun in which the propellant charge is placed In a bag gun, that space between the obturator or breechblock and the forcing cone In fixed or semi-fixed ammunition, the space occupied by the cartridge case
The rear part of the barrel that is formed to accept the cartridge to be fired A revolver employs a multi-chambered rotating cylinder separated from the stationary barrel
The rear end of a gun barrel, into which the powder charge was rammed when loading Chambers of howitzers and mortars were usually smaller in diameter then the bore