- a variation of trapdoor.
trap door
Example Sentences
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At one point he noticed me looking at a trap door above our head.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
When they stormed the building, they found a sliding trap door, disguised to look like part of the stone floor, from which metal stairs led to Fito's underground hideout.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
The air flows through a pipe module situated behind the "trap door," generating an acoustic signal.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
Scraping noises; and then, like the gates of the Western Paradise, the trap door would open, lowering into the basement an almost intolerable beam of light.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
