(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
We are going to make sure we are in the council ~ every time he speaks.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
2.
You can refer to a country’s parliament or to one section of it as a ~.
More than 80 parties are contesting seats in the two-~ parliament...
Signor Amato’s government has only a 16-seat majority in the Chamber of Deputies.
= house
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3.
A ~ is a room designed and equipped for a particular purpose.
For many, the dentist’s surgery remains a torture ~.
N-COUNT: with supp
see also gas ~