Past tense of chamber
regular verb
The past tense of chamber is chambered. The past participle is also chambered.
Forms of chamber
| Base form (V1) | chamber /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | chambered |
| Past participle (V3) | chambered |
| Present participle | chambering |
| Third person singular | chambers /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəz/ |
Chambered in a sentence
- She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.
- The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.
- He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral.1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 44. From the entry nautilus
Meaning of chamber
- noun The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
- noun A bedroom.
- noun The private office of a judge.
Questions about the past tense of chamber
- What is the past tense of chamber?
- The past tense of chamber is chambered.
- What is the past participle of chamber?
- The past participle of chamber is chambered.
- Is chamber a regular or irregular verb?
- Chamber is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chamber (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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