subterranean chamber

collocation in English

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subterranean
adjective
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/ˌsʌb.tərˈeɪ.ni.ən/us
/ˌsʌb.təˈreɪ.ni.ən/
under ...
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chamber
noun
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/ˈtʃeɪm.bər/us
/ˈtʃeɪm.bɚ/
formal
a room used for a special or official purpose, or a group of people who form (part of) ...
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Once they have dried sufficiently, they are put into a specialsubterraneanchamberto be aged for six months to a year.
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A 150 m tunnel 20 m below the ground led into this vastsubterraneanchamber.
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A mixture of air and water generated through turbulence is allowed to fall into asubterraneanchamberwhere the air separates from the water.
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He defeats the thugs and rides a rickety chair lift down into asubterraneanchamberfilled with old ships.
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Pupation takes place in asubterraneanchamberin a dark brown pupa.
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In 1750, they built a new church to the south side of thesubterraneanchamber, adding a wooden iconostasis (a screen decorated with icons) in 1767.
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Thesubterraneanchamberremains mysterious.
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He has created there an extensive system of glass buildings, archives, installations, storerooms for materials and paintings, subterranean chambers and corridors.
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The subterranean chambers are much larger, and distinguished by corbel walls and ceilings with more complex diagonal portcullis systems in place.
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Polycalic species of termites form multiple nests, or calies, connected by subterranean chambers.
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It is located immediatedly north of a subterranean chambers and tombs.
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Ants, particularly leaf-cutter ants, can also biotransfer tremendous amounts of soil to the surface in the process of excavating their innumerable multipurpose subterranean chambers.
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Larvae pupate in subterranean chambers a few inches beneath the surface of the ground.
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These are artificial subterranean chambers that were probably used to store water.
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The pyramid was excavated at the beginning of the 20th century by two different teams who reported conflicting estimates regarding its size and number of subterranean chambers.
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