forbidden room
Space declared inaccessible
A forbidden room is a space that's off-limits, either literally or figuratively.
The phrase evokes fairy tales and Gothic fiction where entering such a room triggers catastrophe—Bluebeard's chamber, the locked door in a haunted house.
More broadly, it can describe any restricted area or taboo subject: His childhood was a forbidden room no one dared enter.
- secretConcealed information
- lockedFastened with a mechanism
- hiddenKept out of sight
- secret passageConcealed route through structure
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
door · locked door · key · skeleton key · curiosity · off-limits · trespass · chamber · Bluebeard · attic · basement · closet · dark · dust · shadows · threshold · keyhole · whispers
- folktalesfolktales, animal fables, folktale, moral fables, fairy tales
- horror tropesjump scare, final girl, haunted house, masked killer, slasher
forbidden roomopen door
Barrier removed for entry
public space · common room · guest room · reception room · lobby
forbidden roomdisplay room
Space for exhibiting items
exhibition hall · showroom · public gallery · showcase · visitor center
forbidden roomgathering hall
Venue for assemblies
common area · meeting room · living room · parlor · drawing room
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