Trap

/tɹæp/

Synonyms for "trap" (282 found)

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Closest matches (57)

Noun(18 words)

ambush snare ambuscade ambushesbear trapblockbooby trapbox bunker cage cakehole capture catch catcher cell chest chests clathrate

allure allurement ambuscade ambush ambushment archway artificeback doorbag baitbait the hookbaited trapbarway bazoo beguile besiege betray birdlime blind bobby

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booby trapbottle bulkhead bull carriagecarriage entrancecatchcatch outcatch upcellar doorcellarway chaps charm chopscome oncome-on confine conspiracy constable

Strong matches (84)

Noun(22 words)

corner corners corral crawfish crayfishes deadfall deceive decoys dilemma enmeshing ensnare ensnaring entrap frameframe a storyframing gins gob gotcha gotchas

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hazard hole

Verb(12 words)

cornered decoyed enmeshed enmeshes ensnare ensnared ensnares entangled entrap entrapping entraps framed

deadfall deathtrap deceive deception decoydecoy duckdevice dionaea door doorjamb doorpost doorway drawcarddrawing carddupe embouchure endearment enmesh ensnare ensnarl

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entangle enticement entoil entrap enweb face feint firetrap flytrap fool foul framefrench doorfront doorgab gambit gate gatepost gateway gendarme gimmick gin gobground baitharpoon hatch hatchway hold hookhook in

Related words (141)

Verb(12 words)

immobilise immobilize lured netted pinpin downset upsnare snared stranded trammel trammelled

imprison intercept intrigue inveigle inveiglement jaw jawsjohn lawjoker jowl jowls keep kisser land lasso lime lintel lips loaded lock

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lurelurking holemachination mandibles maneuver maw maxilla mesh mine miremole trapmousetrap mouth mug mush muzzle nail net nooseoral cavitypaddy peeler pitfall plot ploy police policeman porch portalporte cocherepostern premaxilla propylaeum pylon rattrap rope row ruse sack scuttle seduce seducementset gunshadowingside doorsnag snare snarl sniggle spearspread the toilsspring gunspringe stalestalking horsestalking-horse stile stonestorm doorstratagem subterfuge surveillance take tangletangle up withtemptation threshold tollgatetrap doortrapfall trick trip turnpike turnstile wile wind yap

Noun(32 words)

lying in waitmaw mire mires mislead mousetrap mousetraps nets nooses petard pin pitfall pitfalls ploy quicksand quicksands rattrapssand trapshanghaiing sinkhole

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snares snaring sting stings trammeling trammelling traps trees tricks vagina waylaying yap

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5 relation types

More general

33 entries

apparatus capture carriage catchcatching actionconfine constraintcoup de maindeal deception design detain device difficulty drain drainpipe

Showing 16 of 33 words.

More specific

16 entries

ambush baitbear trapbindingbooby trapcorneringdead enddeadfalldeception tacticlabyrinth mousetrap net pinning pitfall quicksand scam

Collocations

8 entries

bear trapbooby trapdeadfalllive trapmouse trappit trappitfalltrap door

Inflections

3 entries

trapped trapping traps

Derivations

6 entries

entrap entrapment trapdoor trapline trapper trapping

Translations

78 translations across 40 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

فخ noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
فَخّ noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Armenian

2 entries

ծուղակ noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
որոգայթ noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Bulgarian

2 entries

капа́н noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
сифо́н noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Catalan

3 entries

parany noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
sifó noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
trampa noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

圈套 noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
陷阱 noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Czech

2 entries

sifon noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
zápachová uzávěrka noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Danish

1 entries

vandlås noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Dutch

3 entries

val noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
waterslot noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
zwanenhals noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Estonian

1 entries

lõks noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Finnish

4 entries

ansa noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
hajulukko noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
heitin noun (device used to hold and suddenly release an object)
koppi noun (device used to hold and suddenly release an object)

French

4 entries

piège noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
siphon noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
souricière noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
traquenard noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

German

3 entries

Falle noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
Geruchsverschluss noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
Siphon noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Greek

3 entries

παγίδα noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
παγίδα noun (device used to hold and suddenly release an object)
σιφώνι noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Hungarian

4 entries

bűzelzáró noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
csapda noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
hajítógép noun (device used to hold and suddenly release an object)
szifon noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Irish

1 entries

dol noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Italian

2 entries

tranello noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
trappola noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Japanese

1 entries

罠 noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

vēuháutsīe noun (a type of trap to catch birds using bait with adjustable loop)

Latin

1 entries

rēte noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Macedonian

1 entries

стапица noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Malayalam

1 entries

കെണി noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Middle English

1 entries

trappe noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Māori

1 entries

pehipehi noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

mgala noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

vannlås noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

vasslås noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Old English

1 entries

fealle noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

طوزاق noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
قپان noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Polish

3 entries

pułapka noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
syfon noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
zasadzka noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Portuguese

4 entries

arapuca noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
armadilha noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
cilada noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
sifão noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Romanian

1 entries

capcană noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Russian

4 entries

западня́ noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
капка́н noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
лову́шка noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
сифо́н noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

ribe noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Slovak

1 entries

pasca noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Spanish

4 entries

sifa noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
sifón noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
trampa noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
trampucheta noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Swahili

1 entries

mtego noun (device used to hold and suddenly release an object)

Swedish

2 entries

fälla noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
vattenlås noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Tamil

1 entries

வலை noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Tarifit

1 entries

anday noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Walloon

1 entries

atrape noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Sample sentences

70 total sentences available.

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Cheese often lures a mouse into a trap.

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The old man freed the little fox from the trap.

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"Watch out for the trap!" she screamed.

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We set a trap to catch a fox.

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