noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chamber music (= classical music played by a small group of musicians )
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a performance of Schumann’s chamber music
chamber music
chamber of commerce
chamber orchestra
chamber pot
combustion chamber
decompression chamber
gas chamber
star chamber
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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They provide chamber capacities from 50-125 litres with large stainless steel chambers in relation to their footprint.
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Any large chamber had two, three, or even four entrances or exits.
local
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In many areas such schemes are operated by the local chamber of commerce or residents' association.
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Many local chambers of commerce are already taking a lead role in this process.
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Open unemployment is now up to 20 %, according to the local chamber of commerce.
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The small-business component of the local chambers of commerce affiliated with us is even more conspicuous.
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Indeed there will be much rejoicing in schools, teaching union headquarters, and local education authority chambers .
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The forums are organized by the Business Youth Exchange, an intermediary group associated with the local chamber of commerce.
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These now hang, in grand gold frames, in the local council chamber .
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Chamber of Commerce and Telcom Ventures, is rapidly assembling a federation of state and local chambers of commerce across the country.
low
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Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament, the lower chamber of which is popularly elected for up to five years.
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But House leaders said the combined legislation includes language on abortion and other issues unacceptable to the lower chamber .
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Between this furnace tunnel and the lower chamber was a perforated floor.
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Of the 565 candidates running for 110 seats in the lower chamber , only 54 were not firm Lukashenko supporters.
main
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In the sombre main chamber where most of his days were spent, there was no decoration, no contrasting texture.
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Stone funerary beds are set on each side of the main chamber .
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Due to its unusual structure, the bill will be considered in a committee of the whole House in the main chamber .
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The main chamber was ten feet by fourteen.
private
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He came from hearing vespers in his chapel, and shut himself early into his private chamber .
small
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He walked round and round his small chamber , haranguing the walls.
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What did some one look like squatting awkwardly on a small chamber pot.
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Beuys controls the experience from the moment of entry to the large room through the passage to ever-\#smaller chambers .
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Then they burrow deep into the still soft sand and excavate a small chamber .
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Hollowed out mid-way was a small chamber which contained seven standing stones, now clamped to the walls with metal hoops.
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The small chamber inside was brilliant with differing hues.
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The huge fire roaring in the hall beyond the small entrance chamber warmed her not at all.
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The pulse had gone from his small chambers .
upper
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Putin proposed stripping the regional leaders of their seats in the upper chamber of parliament.
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Readers will recognize the Ktesibios floating valve as the predecessor to the floating ball in the upper chamber of the porcelain throne.
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In the upper chamber were two individuals who, the excavator argues, certainly did not appear to have gone gently.
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The proposal to establish an upper legislative chamber composed of the Matai was rejected in the referendum.
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Her one concern was to reach the upper chamber without being seen.
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Tabitha had died and her body laid out in an upper chamber .
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Where else, she asked herself, than in the upper chamber which houses the princes!
■ NOUN
burial
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The most ancient burial chambers consisted of huge stone slabs forming a chamber with entrances through which further corpses might be introduced.
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What can we learn from twenty prehistoric burial chambers , which we call cists, and which have been uncovered up to now?
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The earliest settlers left behind them a remarkable array of monuments: standing stones, burial chambers , villages and brochs.
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There are numerous historic and archaeological sites to visit including the fascinating ancient burial chambers at Pentre Ifan, 20 miles away.
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The strange standing stones, remnants of a burial chamber , are said to house an invisible living occupant - Wayland.
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The remains of duns, brochs, stone circles, burial chambers and standing stones lie scattered throughout the island.
combustion
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Another area of expertise is the repair of combustion chambers , used in both aviation and industrial gas turbines.
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Those huge combustion chambers mean it's a challenge making the fuel burn efficiently.
gas
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In California all three candidates for governor have promised to keep the gas chamber busy.
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The last to die was David Mason, who was sent to the gas chamber in August 1993.
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The gas chamber , Maryland Penitentiary.
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If some one had a wound, or looked too weak or too sick, they were selected for the gas chamber .
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They knew Amelia was too skinny to avoid the gas chamber .
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Whole families crowded into gas chambers , their clothing, gold fillings, and eyeglasses more valued than their lives.
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Ronald Reagan appointee, was on the panel that unanimously upheld the gas chamber ban Wednesday.
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It took him 11 years to get to the gas chamber , from the day he was convicted of five murders.
magma
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These can be related to rates of magma production versus differentiation by crystal fractionation within crustal magma chambers .
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Its purpose is to gather sufficient information to answer questions about magma chambers in oceanic crust.
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We envisage a convecting magma chamber of height H, cooled from above.
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The temperature range covers typical values expected in magma chambers .
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Instead it slowly froze in a magma chamber into a mush of coarse crystals.
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The concepts of crystal settling and convection in magma chambers have a long history r2-6.
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The mechanism allows for great variation and complexity in magma chamber sedimentation.
music
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They have done so as part of a widely comprehensive output, ranging from chamber music to symphonies and opera.
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With a sound financial base, the Friends have been able to go for stars in the chamber music circuit.
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It's chamber music , to all intents and purposes, and they're receiving it like a home run.
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If approximately $ 15, 000 can be raised, SummerFest will even unite modern dance and chamber music .
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They are familiar with every branch of the music business, whether it is chamber music or anarchic rock.
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I have an aunt who plays chamber music .
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His is the only post-war body of symphonic and chamber music to achieve genuine popularity.
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They played chamber music on the side.
orchestra
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He has played with all the major London symphony and chamber orchestras .
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It is true that there are two solo players and equally true that Mackey matches them to a 15-member chamber orchestra .
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The ensemble who are based in Caen, are the regional chamber orchestra of Lower Normandy.
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Sonata for violin and chamber orchestra .
pot
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Maori artefacts, washing machines, gramophones, even chamber pots of every size shape and colour.
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That chamber pot , you see, somehow reminds me of the brains on the floor.
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There would be all sorts of things rattling down on you - railings and chamber pots and lavatory pots.
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What did some one look like squatting awkwardly on a small chamber pot .
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There was no running water in the Gandhi home; each room had a chamber pot .
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The fancy bowls, water jugs and chamber pots , now so beloved of antique dealers, were in every bedroom.
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Younger Brother... where is the chamber pot ?
thrust
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For the sake of reliability, pumps were not used to transfer fuel and oxidizer to the thrust chamber .
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The hot water vapor is vented through a rocket thrust chamber and imparts an impulse to the rocket.
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Figure 3.5 only shows the pressures acting within the system of the thrust chamber and nozzle.
torture
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It was as if we were locked in a torture chamber .
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She's just discovered you have a torture chamber here.
■ VERB
enter
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This surface interval between leaving the bell and entering the decompression chamber , became a point of contention within the medical profession.
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The four volunteers entered the test chamber on June 12 with a limited supply of air and water.
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Lords need only enter the chamber to claim costs My girls couldn't lie to me.
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He entered her chamber and stood by her bed.
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A moment behind her, Bishop entered the chamber , robes a-flap.
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They then entered Isabella's chamber , where they found her together with Mortimer and the Bishop of Lincoln.
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Pushing the door open, she entered a dim chamber similar to the one in which they had first met Dubois.
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If any character enters the chamber , he is sucked into the Chaos-stuff instantly and lost for ever in the Warp.
leave
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Cley was left once more in his chambers , in the shadowy silence which was now his greatest pleasure.
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She loaded the revolvers, too, leaving the chamber beneath the hammer empty.
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Rincewind saw the guards leave the chamber .
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Samples can be left in the impregnation chamber overnight before curing under gentle heat.
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Before leaving the chamber , Mungo turned back to take in the scene; to fix it in his mind.
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He left the chamber minutes before the start of the debate.
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He left the chamber without answer, knowing the fate of those who failed on an imperial mission.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flotation chamber/compartment etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Always check to see if there is a bullet in the chamber .
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In Poland, the Sejm is the lower chamber of parliament.
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The council chamber is on the third floor.
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The patient has an abnormal rhythm in the upper chamber of his heart.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ace dropped back into the empty chamber .
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Already, a number of local chambers have developed business-led initiatives similar to those in Tulsa and Austin.
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As with the basket, divers are recovered from the water to the surface, where they transfer to the decompression chamber .
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Cley was left once more in his chambers, in the shadowy silence which was now his greatest pleasure.
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Plants were grown from seed in a 38-m long chamber in a ventilated glasshouse.
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The hot gases shoot out of the chambers and along the naked, exposed surface.
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With the other chamber resisting radical change, Miller finalized the new proposal at a meeting with Kingston Tuesday morning.
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Your sentiments have been echoed in the faculty chambers along with many others.