chamber of horrors
noun/ˌtʃeɪmbər əv ˈhɒrəz/
/ˌtʃeɪmbər əv ˈhɔːrərz/
[singular]- a place displaying objects used to kill people in a cruel and painful way or scenes showing how they died, which people visit for entertainment
- My son enjoyed a visit to the grisly Chamber of Horrors in the basement.
- (figurative) The dentist's surgery was a real chamber of horrors for me.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from the name given to a room in Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition.Definitions on the go
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