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View synonyms for trap door

trap door

noun

  1. a door or flap flush with and covering an opening, esp in a ceiling
  2. the opening so covered
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

And, as she descended a grand pearlescent staircase, she suddenly disappeared through a trap door.

From BBC

Howells and his team set up a trap near the crawl space opening and the bear eventually walked into it and triggered the trap door, wildlife officials said.

By climbing a small wooden ladder to a platform and removing the trap door, I was able to photograph the conductor straight on and capture her expressions.

These bladders create an internal vacuum and are closed by a special 'trap door'.

During her final Guts tour stop at the Rod Laver Arena, Rodrigo was running across the stage, pointing to cheering fans, when she dropped through a trap door.

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