Snare

//snɛ(ə)ɹ//

Synonyms for "snare" (167 found)

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Verb(3 words)
ensnareentraphook
Noun(1 words)
gin

Related words (83)

Verb(2 words)
trammeltrap

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13 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

4 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

4 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

11 entries

similar

3 entries

Translations

161 translations across 55 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • lak noun (trap)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • βρόχος noun (trap)
  • παγίς noun (trap)

Arabic

3 entries
  • شَرَكٌ noun (trap)
  • فخ noun (trap)
  • مِصْيَدَةٌ noun (trap)

Armenian

3 entries
  • թակարդ noun (trap)
  • ծուղակ noun (trap)
  • որոգայթ noun (trap)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • alats noun (trap)
  • alatsu noun (trap)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • тоҙаҡ noun (trap)

Basque

1 entries
  • kaxa noun (music: type of drum)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • капан noun (trap)
  • примка noun (trap)
  • уловка noun (mental trap)
  • впримчвам verb (to catch or hold, especially with a loop)

Catalan

2 entries
  • llaç noun (trap)
  • llaç obstètric noun (veterinary: obstetric loop)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • داو noun (trap)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 圈套 noun (trap)
  • 陷阱 noun (trap)

Czech

4 entries
  • klam (in the phrase "mam a klam") noun (mental trap)
  • léčka noun (trap)
  • mam noun (mental trap)
  • nástraha noun (trap)

Dutch

4 entries
  • klem noun (trap)
  • strop noun (trap)
  • val noun (trap)
  • strikken verb (to catch or hold, especially with a loop)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • a-H-T24 verb (to catch or hold, especially with a loop)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ansa noun (mental trap)
  • ansalanka noun (trap)
  • pikkurumpu noun (music: type of drum)
  • virvelimatto noun (music: set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum)

French

3 entries
  • caisse claire noun (music: type of drum)
  • collet noun (trap)
  • piège noun (trap)

Galician

1 entries
  • ichó noun (trap)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ხაფანგი noun (trap)

German

2 entries
  • Falle noun (trap)
  • Schlinge noun (trap)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍅𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 noun (trap)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פַּח noun (trap)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csapda noun (trap)
  • csapda noun (mental trap)
  • csapdahelyzet noun (mental trap)
  • fogó noun (veterinary: obstetric loop)

Irish

3 entries
  • dol noun (trap)
  • gaiste noun (trap)
  • súil ribe noun (trap)

Italian

4 entries
  • armonico noun (music: set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum)
  • insidia noun (mental trap)
  • laccio noun (trap)
  • laccio noun (music: set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 罠 noun (trap)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • vèutsīe noun (trap)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • тузак noun (trap)

Latin

4 entries
  • fovea noun (mental trap)
  • laqueus noun (trap)
  • tenus noun (trap)
  • transenna noun (trap)

Lü

2 entries
  • ᦟᦸᧄ noun (trap)
  • ᦷᦢᧂᧉᦢᦱᧆ noun (trap)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കെണി noun (trap)

Middle English

2 entries
  • snare noun (trap)
  • snare noun (mental trap)

Māori

4 entries
  • rore noun (trap)
  • taeke noun (trap)
  • toromāhanga noun (trap)
  • tāhei noun (trap)

Navajo

1 entries
  • beeʼódleehí noun (trap)

Occitan

4 entries
  • bagada noun (trap)
  • laç noun (trap)
  • sedon noun (trap)
  • tenda noun (trap)

Old English

1 entries
  • grin noun (trap)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • دام noun (trap)
  • طوزاق noun (trap)
  • قپان noun (trap)

Persian

3 entries
  • دام noun (trap)
  • لاتو noun (trap)
  • پهند noun (trap)

Polish

4 entries
  • pułapka fm noun (trap)
  • sidła noun (trap)
  • sidło noun (trap)
  • werbel noun (music: type of drum)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • armadilha noun (mental trap)
  • caixa noun (music: type of drum)
  • caixa chata noun (music: type of drum)
  • caixa clara noun (music: type of drum)

Romanian

3 entries
  • capcană noun (trap)
  • cursă noun (trap)
  • laț noun (trap)

Russian

4 entries
  • западня́ noun (trap)
  • западня́ noun (mental trap)
  • лову́шка noun (trap)
  • лову́шка noun (mental trap)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • lantu noun (trap)
  • lassu noun (trap)
  • latu noun (trap)
  • latzu noun (trap)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ribe noun (trap)
  • ribe noun (mental trap)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zanka noun (trap)

Spanish

4 entries
  • asechanza noun (mental trap)
  • bordón noun (music: set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum)
  • caja noun (music: type of drum)
  • cepo noun (trap)

Swedish

4 entries
  • militärtrumma noun (music: type of drum)
  • snara noun (trap)
  • virveltrumma noun (music: type of drum)
  • snara verb (to catch or hold, especially with a loop)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பொறி noun (trap)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • trašša noun (trap)

Thai

1 entries
  • กับ noun (trap)

Turkish

1 entries
  • tuzak noun (trap)

Tày

1 entries
  • cắp noun (trap)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сильце́ noun (trap)

Walloon

2 entries
  • bricole noun (trap)
  • laesse noun (trap)

Welsh

1 entries
  • magl noun (trap)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries
  • litag noun (trap)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

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A fox was caught in the snare.

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A fox isn't caught twice in the same snare.

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A bass drum, a snare drum, and cymbals were once all a composer needed to make a work sound exotic.

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