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Chamber

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Chamber or the chamber may refer to:

In government and organizations

  • Chamber of commerce, an organization of business owners to promote commercial interests
  • Legislative chamber, in politics
  • Debate chamber, the space or room that houses deliberative assemblies such as legislatures, parliaments, or councils.

In media and entertainment

  • Chamber (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero associated with the X-Men
  • Chamber music, a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber
  • The Chamber (game show), a short-lived game show on FOX
  • The Chamber (novel), a suspense novel by John Grisham
    • The Chamber (1996 film), based on the novel
  • The Chamber (2016 film), a survival film directed by Ben Parker
  • Chamber (band), a musical ensemble from Frankfurt, Germany-based around vocalist/guitarist Marcus Testory

Other

  • Chamber (firearms), the portion of the barrel or firing cylinder in which the cartridge is inserted prior to being fired
  • A room inside a building
    • Chambers (law), the rooms used by a barrister or to an association of barristers
    • Great Chamber, the second most important room in a medieval or Tudor English castle, palace, mansion or manor house
  • Combustion chamber, part of an engine in which fuel is burned
  • Environment chamber, used in testing environmental conditions
  • Execution chamber, a place where capital punishment is carried out
  • Gas chamber, execution method

See also

  • Chambar, a town in Pakistan also spelled Chamber
  • Chambers (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Chamber
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