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Meaning of chamber of horrors | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An exhibition which displays horrific items, such as instruments of torture, frightful crimes being committed, etc.
Any place in which horrific things take place or have taken place.

Examples

““Screaming headlines in every paper in the country—damn all journalists, I say! Do you know there was a whole crowd staring in at the lodge gates this morning. Sort of Madame Tussaud’s chamber of horrors business that can be seen for nothing.””

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

chamber opera chamber orchestra chamber organ chamber play chamber pop chamber pot