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cage, coop
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
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cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, hold, storage area
the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
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catchall
an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends
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chamber
a natural or artificial enclosed space
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compound
an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
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dock
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
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echo chamber
an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound
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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
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nacelle
a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
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pen
an enclosure for confining livestock
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pit
an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
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pen, playpen
a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
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plenum
an enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside
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dog pound, pound
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
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niche, recess
an enclosure that is set back or indented
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vivarium
an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions
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yard
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
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air lock, airlock
a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure
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alcove, bay
a small recess opening off a larger room
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apse, apsis
a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
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aquarium, fish tank, marine museum
a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
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barnyard
a yard adjoining a barn
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birdcage
a cage in which a bird can be kept
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air-raid shelter, bomb shelter, bombproof
a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids
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burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture
a chamber that is used as a grave
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caisson, cofferdam, pneumatic caisson
large watertight chamber used for construction under water
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camera obscura
a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface
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chicken run, chicken yard, fowl run, hen yard
an enclosed yard for keeping poultry
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cockpit
a pit for cockfights
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cinerarium, columbarium
a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
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core
the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
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cattle pen, corral, cow pen
a pen for cattle
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creep
a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
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cylinder, piston chamber
a chamber within which piston moves
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farmyard
an area adjacent to farm buildings
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fireplace, hearth, open fireplace
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
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firing chamber, gun chamber
chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge
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fold, sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold
a pen for sheep
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furnace
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
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holding paddock, holding pen, holding yard
a pen where livestock is temporarily confined
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hutch
a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals
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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
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kraal
a pen for livestock in southern Africa
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mihrab
(Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca
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paddock
pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
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particle detector
a chamber in which particles can be made visible
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pinfold
a pen where stray animals are confined
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cavity resonator, resonating chamber, resonator
a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves
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rodeo
an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up
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squirrel cage
cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it
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steam chest
the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder
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stockyard
enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily
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fireroom, stokehold, stokehole
(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
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packing box, stuffing box
a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal
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pigpen, pigsty, sty
a pen for swine
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terrarium
a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed
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tokamak
a doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research; a plasma is heated and confined in a magnetic bottle
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vacuum chamber
a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed