GAS CHAMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gas chamber mean? 

• GAS CHAMBER (noun)
  The noun GAS CHAMBER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GAS CHAMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAS CHAMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

death chamber; gas chamber

Hypernyms ("gas chamber" is a kind of...):

instrument of execution (an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person)