different between chamber vs saccule

English

Alternative forms

• chambre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kamára, “vaulted chamber”). Doublet of camera.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?e?mb?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?e?mb?/
• Rhymes: -e?mb?(?)
• Hyphenation: cham?ber

Noun

chamber (plural chambers)

1. A room or set of rooms, particularly:
   1. The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
   2. A bedroom.
   3. The private office of a judge.
   4. The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
   5. (Britain) A single law office in a building housing several.
   6. (dated, usually in the plural) Rooms in a lodging house.

      • ...a bachelor's life in chambers...

2. A chamberpot.
3. (figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.

   The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.

4. Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.

   A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber

5. (biology) An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
6. (firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.

   Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.

7. (firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
8. (historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
9. One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
10. (obsolete) Ellipsis of chamber pot: a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers.

Synonyms

• (chamber pot): See Thesaurus:chamber pot

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

chamber (third-person singular simple present chambers, present participle chambering, simple past and past participle chambered)

1. To enclose in a room.

   She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.

2. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
   • 1893, Publications of the Scottish History Society (volume 14, page 64)

     I chambered with Alexander Preston.

3. To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.

   The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.

4. To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.

   The rifle was originally chambered for 9mm, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.

5. 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 struck first.

6. (obsolete) To be lascivious.

Synonyms

• (to be lascivious): blissom, lust; see also Thesaurus:harlotize

Anagrams

• becharm, chambre, chambré

English

Alternative forms

• sacculus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacculus (“a little sack or bag”), diminutive of saccus (“a bag, sack”). Doublet of sacculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæk.ju?l/

Noun

saccule (plural saccules)

1. (biology, anatomy) A small sac, pouch, or cyst.
2. (anatomy) The smaller of the two fluid-filled sacs forming part of the labyrinth of the inner ear (the other being the utricle). It contains a region of hair cells and otoliths which send signals to the brain concerning the orientation of the head.

Derived terms

• saccular (adjective)
• sacculo-

References

• “saccule”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “saccule”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• utricle

Latin

Noun

saccule

1. vocative singular of sacculus