Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Divided into compartments by walls or partitions.
- Specifically, in botany, applied to compound ovaries in which the placentas project inward but do not meet in the axis, as in the poppy.
- Provided with a chamber for gunpowder: said of cannon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a chamber or chambers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
chamber .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having compartmental chambers
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Examples
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My son enjoys this .222 as one of his favorites, and we've discussed the next (last) step for this rifle, a 22-inch medium-heavy contour fluted barrel, again chambered for the .222 Rem., and I expect it'll get another generation's use before my son is done with it.
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My favorite gun I have now is my 1894 Marlin chambered in 44 magnum.
what is your favorite gun that you own and why is it your favorite. 2009
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I am currently shopping for another and usaully have a special hot 220 grain chambered in the gun I was carrying in these circumstnces.
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I just use an 1894 Marlin chambered in 44Magnum and only shoot deer out to 150 yards.
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My favorite gun I have now is my 1894 Marlin chambered in 44 magnum.
what is your favorite gun that you own and why is it your favorite. 2009
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I am currently shopping for another and usaully have a special hot 220 grain chambered in the gun I was carrying in these circumstnces.
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My son enjoys this .222 as one of his favorites, and we've discussed the next (last) step for this rifle, a 22-inch medium-heavy contour fluted barrel, again chambered for the .222 Rem., and I expect it'll get another generation's use before my son is done with it.
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I just use an 1894 Marlin chambered in 44Magnum and only shoot deer out to 150 yards.
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If you don't have access to private land then you have to join a club where shooting without the bench with multi rounds chambered is sometimes allowed.
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I was thinking that it was possibly because I "chambered" them to fit my gun but that is still a weak theory.
Blackwater-I've been working on the 22-250 issue and have posted on your original question. 2009
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