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Type Words
Synonyms immobilise, immobilize, pin
Type Words
Synonyms ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel
Type of capture, catch
Has types gin
Derivation trapper


The men trap foxes.
Type Words
Synonyms snare
Type of design, plan
Has types speed trap, iron trap


the exam was full of trap questions.
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Synonyms bunker, sand trap
Type of hazard
Type Words
Synonyms cakehole, gob, hole, maw, yap
Type of oral cavity, mouth, rima oris, oral fissure
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Synonyms pin down
Type of confine, detain


He was trapped in a difficult situation.
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Synonyms ambuscade, ambush, lying in wait
Type of surprise attack, coup de main
Has types dry-gulching
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Type of device
Has types pitfall, snare, entanglement, flytrap, gin, rattrap, lobster pot, mantrap, mousetrap, pound net, net, noose, pit, web, steel trap
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Type of mechanical device
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Type of carriage, rig, equipage
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Type of drainpipe, waste pipe, drain
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Type of take hold, hold


The gaps between the teeth trap food particles.

Examples of trap

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Tim Hortons'fate, on the other hand, was more a matter of grease-trap diplomacy.
From the forbes.com
The Rapid Creek croc trap was photographed floating in Darwin Harbour on Friday.
From the ntnews.com.au
Cash pays for roads, storage for crops, and tanks to trap and store storm water.
From the newscientist.com
In May 2009, Spirit's wheels broke through a thin crust into a hidden sand trap.
From the post-gazette.com
You've fallen into the typical trap of thinking that UFB is only about Internet.
From the nbr.co.nz
The tragedy of this whole story is that Shriver fell into a classic female trap.
From the sfgate.com
He played just well enough the rest of the season to lure the 49ers into a trap.
From the sfgate.com
They trap extraterrestrial gases in space and travel to the earth in the meteor.
From the sciencedaily.com
This could have been a trap game for the Panthers, but they refused to allow it.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
  • 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"
  • 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; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
  • A device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
  • Trap is the second studio album of the Belgian rock band Dead Man Ray. It was released in 2000.
  • A trap, pony trap or horse trap is a light, often sporty, two-wheeled or sometimes four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, accommodating usually two to four persons in various seating arrangements, such as face-to-face or back-to-back.
  • In computing and operating systems, a trap is a type of synchronous interrupt typically caused by an exceptional condition (e.g. division by zero or invalid memory access) in a user process. ...