Word Image
plural: traps
Part Of Speech
noun, verb
Word Meaning
noun: a device for catching animals; something by which one is caught unawares; any of various devices for preventing passage of one thing often while allowing something else to proceed; a light, usually one-horse carriage with springs
verb: to catch in or as if in a trap; to provide or set with a trap; to engage in trapping animals (as for fur)
Word Family
trapped
trapping
trapper
trapdoor
mousetrap
rattrap
flytrap
livetrap
deathtrap
mantrap
rattletrap
entrap
Sentences
They were almost trapped in the burning building.
Undercover agents devised a trap to catch the drug dealers.
In Alaska, trapping animals for food and furs is a way of life.
It’s about a young man trapped in a series of shady business deals.
I caught another mouse in the trap last night.
She felt trapped in a loveless marriage.
I was worried you might be trapped in the burning wreckage!
These mountains trap rain and fog generated over the ocean.
The fishermen set out their crab traps early each morning.
The prosecutor entrapped the witness with a trick question.
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