sealed room
No way out
A sealed room is an enclosed space that has been made airtight or isolated from the outside environment.
The term appears in contexts ranging from scientific experiments requiring controlled atmospheres to wartime preparations against chemical attacks.
In mystery fiction, a sealed room is a locked space from which escape or entry seems impossible—the classic puzzle of the sealed room mystery, where a body is found with no apparent way for the killer to have entered or left.
- lockedFastened with a mechanism
- locked doorSecured portal requiring key
- airtightImpervious to atmosphere
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
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sealed roomopen space
Unobstructed outdoor area
open floor plan · open-plan office · corridor · passageway · breezeway
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