cremation | the incineration of a dead body |
anechoic chamber | a chamber having very little reverberation |
bedroom sleeping room sleeping accommodation chamber bedchamber | a room used primarily for sleeping |
blast furnace | a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores, combustion is intensified by a blast of air |
boardroom council chamber | a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company) |
boron chamber | an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons |
bubble chamber | an instrument that records the tracks of ionizing particles |
burial chamber sepulcher sepulchre sepulture | a chamber that is used as a grave |
chamber | a natural or artificial enclosed space |
chamber | a room where a judge transacts business |
cloud chamber Wilson cloud chamber | apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor, each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track |
crematory crematorium cremation chamber | a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes |
cylinder piston chamber | a chamber within which piston moves |
echo chamber | an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound |
electric furnace | any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current |
firing chamber gun chamber | chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge |
furnace | an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. |
furnace lining refractory | lining consisting of material with a high melting point, used to line the inside walls of a furnace |
furnace room | a room (usually in the basement of a building) that contains a furnace for heating the building |
gas chamber death chamber | instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced, used to kill people or animals |
gas furnace | a furnace that burns gas |
hyperbaric chamber | a large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere, used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning |
ionization chamber ionization tube | a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation |
lock lock chamber | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level, used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it |
oil burner oil furnace | a furnace that burns oil |
open-hearth furnace | a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it |
presence chamber | room in which a monarch or other great person receives guests, assemblies, etc. |
resonator cavity resonator resonating chamber | a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves |
reverberatory furnace | a furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace |
solar dish solar collector solar furnace | a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun, can produce high temperatures |
spark chamber spark counter | an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles |
Stassano furnace electric-arc furnace | an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel |
supply chamber | a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed |
tank furnace | furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained |
torture chamber | a room in which torture is inflicted |
vacuum chamber | a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed |
chamber | an enclosed volume in the body, the chambers of his heart were healthy |
chamber music | serious music performed by a small group of musicians |
chamber orchestra | small orchestra, usually plays classical music |
chamber | a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly, the upper chamber is the senate |
chamber of commerce | an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests |
Star Chamber | a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments |
Chambers William Chambers Sir William Chambers | English architect (-) |
chamber | place in a chamber |