Chamber and Shell

Chamber

Chamber noun - An area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall.

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Shell and chamber are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shell" instead a noun "Chamber".

Nearby Words: chambered, chambering

Shell noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

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Chamber and shell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chamber" instead a noun "Shell".

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

complete	complete chamber	complete shell
small	small chamber	small shell
entire	entire chamber	entire shell
massive	massive chamber	massive shell
Other adjectives: large, big, huge, cold, new, next, last, spherical, giant, magical, holographic.

You must rack if you add a fresh magazine/shell with an empty chamber, you must rack a shotgun between each shot, and you must not rack after reloading if the chamber was loaded.

Source: One Bullet Clips
Likewise, Ordinance weapons and Barrage Artillery Weapons must remain stationary to fire even on a tank, as the crew needs to manually load each shell into the firing chamber.

Source: Bottomless Magazines
He was able to lift a clean print off of a shell still in the chamber of a Derringer, but the odd thing is that he got a completely identical print from another object.

Source: Fingerprinting Air

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