Defenition of the word trap

• Defenition of the word trap

  • A device for catching and holding animals.
  • To catch in a trap, to immobilize.
  • The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
  • the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
  • a hazard on a golf course
  • a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
  • a light two-wheel carriage
  • a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
  • a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
  • hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"
  • place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"
  • catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
  • informal terms for the mouth
  • to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
  • something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
  • a light two-wheeled carriage
  • drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
  • something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
  • to hold fast or prevent from moving
  • catch in or as if in a trap
  • hold or catch as if in a trap
  • place in a confining or embarrassing position

Synonyms for the word trap

• • ambuscade
  • ambush
  • block
  • bunker
  • catch
  • con
  • confine
  • corner
  • deception
  • ensnare
  • entrap
  • fence in
  • hole
  • immobilize
  • lock in
  • lying in wait
  • maw
  • pin
  • ruse
  • sand trap
  • shut in
  • snare
  • trammel
  • trick
  • yap

Similar words in the trap

• • trap
  • trap's
  • trapdoor
  • trapdoors
  • trapeze
  • trapeze's
  • trapezed
  • trapezes
  • trapezing
  • trapezoid
  • trapezoid's
  • trapezoidal
  • trapezoids
  • trappable
  • trapped
  • trapper
  • trapper's
  • trappers
  • trapping
  • trappings
  • trappist
  • trappist's
  • traps
  • trapshooting
  • trapshooting's

Meronymys for the word trap

• • bait
  • decoy
  • golf course
  • golf links
  • links
  • lure

Hyponyms for the word trap

• • dry-gulching
  • entanglement
  • flytrap
  • gin
  • iron trap
  • lobster pot
  • mantrap
  • mousetrap
  • net
  • noose
  • pit
  • pitfall
  • pound net
  • rattrap
  • snare
  • speed trap
  • steel trap
  • web

Hypernyms for the word trap

• • capture
  • carriage
  • catch
  • confine
  • coup de main
  • design
  • detain
  • device
  • drain
  • drainpipe
  • equipage
  • hazard
  • hold
  • mechanical device
  • mouth
  • oral cavity
  • oral fissure
  • plan
  • rig
  • rima oris
  • surprise attack
  • take hold
  • waste pipe

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