CHAMBER OF HORRORS


Meaning of CHAMBER OF HORRORS in English

noun

[ sing. ] a part of a museum displaying objects used to kill people in a cruel and painful way or scenes showing how they died

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from the name given to a room in Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition.

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