burial chamber
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈbɜːriəl ˈtʃeɪmbər/
:
cámara funeraria
- As I chipped away the final seal on the entrance to the burial chamber, I was gripped by both anticipation of what might lie inside and a sense of mystery.
- center of the burial chamber
Examples
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The burial chamber was just as its exterior indicated; I have seen its like numerous times in the past.
Fiction book (2001) -
One tomb is a miniaturized version of the Queen's Tomb, complete with steps, entranceway, and burial chamber at the center.
Academic text (2010) -
And this looks like the burial chamber to me.
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Looks like we found a burial chamber.
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The burial chamber must lie beyond.
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- What is a Third Dynasty burial chamber doing in southern California?
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The discovery of the unopened burial chamber in G2061 was an unexpected dividend of these efforts.
Academic text (2003) -
From the beginning, Hemienu planned three burial chambers to ensure that whenever Khufu died, a burial place would be ready.
Academic text (2007) -
Some mummy parts, including a foot, were found in Djoser's burial chamber, but recent radiocarbon dating shows them to be from several centuries later.
Academic text (2006) -
We are in a third-century Christian burial chamber in the catacombs of Priscilla.
Synonyms
414
1.0
A place in the ground where a dead body is buried
235
3.0
A large stone building or underground room where people put a dead person
51
7.6
An underground room beneath a church used to bury people
15
6.9
An underground room for holding the bodies of several people
5
9.9
A small stone room where a dead person is buried
1
7.9
An underground space for burying a coffin that protects it and holds family coffins
A place like a tomb or grave where people put a dead person
A grave made of stones used in ancient times to hold human bones
A room under a church used for burials or quiet prayer
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Morphology
The meaning 'an enclosed room for placing a body' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'burial' (the act/rite of interring a body) with 'chamber' (an enclosed space). This straightforward noun–noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows ordinary English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
Burial chamber is a literal phrase: burial means placing a body and chamber means a small room, so it pictures a closed room, often underground, for the dead. That's why it means 'an enclosed room where a body is placed for burial'.