Phrase guide

gas chamber

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A sealed chamber in which people are executed with poison gas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any close, stinking room or place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: death chamber

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: instrument of execution

History

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غُرْفَة اَلْغَاز (ḡurfat al-ḡāz) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Belarusian: га́завая ка́мера (házavaja kámjera) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Bulgarian: га́зова камера (gázova kamera) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Catalan: cambra de gas — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒氣室 /毒气室 (dúqìshì) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Czech: plynová komora — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Danish: gaskammer — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Dutch: gaskamer — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Estonian: gaasikamber — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Finnish: kaasukammio — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • French: chambre à gaz — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • German: Gaskammer — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • German: Vergasungskeller — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Greek: θάλαμος αερίων (thálamos aeríon) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Hebrew: תא גזים (ta-gázim) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Hindi: गैस चैम्बर — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Hungarian: gázkamra — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Italian: camera a gas — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Japanese: ガス室 (gasu-shitsu) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Korean: 가스 처형실 (gaseu cheohyeongsil) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Ladino: kamera de gaz — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Latin: conclave gasio internecivo effundendo — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Macedonian: гасна комора (gasna komora) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Manx: shamyr ghas — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Mongolian: хийн камер (xiin kamer) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Norwegian: gasskammer — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Persian: اتاق گاز (otâq-e gâz) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Polish: komora gazowa — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Portuguese: câmara de gás — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Romanian: cameră de gazare — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Russian: га́зовая ка́мера (gázovaja kámera) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Serbo-Croatian: гасна комора — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Serbo-Croatian: gasna komora — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Slovak: plynová komora — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Spanish: cámara de gas — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Swedish: gaskammare — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Thai: ห้องแก๊ส (hông gáet) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Thai: ห้องอบไอพิษ (hông òp ai pít) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Turkish: gaz odası — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Ukrainian: га́зова ка́мера (házova kámera) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Vietnamese: buồng khí — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas
  • Yiddish: גאַז קאַמער (gaz kamer) — a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas