gas chamber


noun

an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.

Origin of gas chamber

First recorded in 1935–40

Example sentences from the Web for gas chamber

  • When they masked and went into the gas-chamber the care they took with straps and buckles could not have been bettered.

    Our Army at the Front |Heywood Broun

British Dictionary definitions for gas chamber

gas chamber

gas oven


noun

an airtight room into which poison gas is introduced to kill people or animals