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
Chris Martin emerged unharmed and thanked the crew member who caught him after he fell through a trap door during Coldplay’s Sunday concert in Melbourne.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
As battered suitcases and black sacks stuffed full of cigarettes are heaved up through the makeshift trap door, a man who we're told helps out in the shop watches on laughing.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025
The air flows through a pipe module situated behind the "trap door," generating an acoustic signal.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
Once she’d even climbed through the trap door onto the roof, to have a look around.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
