Trap
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- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense.
- Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.
- A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
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