horror chamber
horror chamber noun: chamber of horrors.
Noun
horror chamber (plural horror chambers)
- chamber of horrors
- I have nothing to say of the hundreds of minor churches; they are in the lowest style of vulgarly ornate decoration, and abound in sensational wax figures and tinsel ornament; the horror chamber in Baker Street would soothe the feelings after a visit to some of these shrines.1882, Walter Coote, Wanderings, South and East, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, page 308
- Briefly, the characteristic symptoms that appear in peyotl intoxication are visual hallucinations and delusions, associated with "horror chambers".1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 155
Forms of horror chamber
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Questions about horror chamber
- What does horror chamber mean?
- Horror chamber means chamber of horrors.
- What part of speech is horror chamber?
- Horror chamber is a noun.
- What is the plural of horror chamber?
- The plural of horror chamber is horror chambers.
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