noun
Meaning 1
A room equipped for carrying out torture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
torture chamber
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noun
Meaning 2
a room in which torture is inflicted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: стая за мъчения (staja za mǎčenija) — room equipped for torture
- Chinese Mandarin: 酷刑室 (kùxíngshì) — room equipped for torture
- Czech: mučírna — room equipped for torture
- Danish: torturkammer — room equipped for torture
- Dutch: martelkamer — room equipped for torture
- Dutch: folterkamer — room equipped for torture
- Finnish: kidutuskammio — room equipped for torture
- German: Folterkammer — room equipped for torture
- Hungarian: kínzókamra — room equipped for torture
- Macedonian: мачи́лиште (mačílište) — room equipped for torture
- Polish: katownia — room equipped for torture
- Russian: застенок (zastenok) — room equipped for torture
- Old Slovak: mučiarňa — room equipped for torture
- Swedish: tortyrkammare — room equipped for torture
- Turkish: işkence odası — room equipped for torture
- Ukrainian: каті́вня (katívnja) — room equipped for torture
- Vietnamese: phòng tra tấn — room equipped for torture