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Definition of trap
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- a hazard on a golf course
- a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
- informal terms for the mouth
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
- to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
- catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
- hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"
- place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"
Hyponyms: dry-gulching, flytrap, lobster pot, mantrap, mousetrap, net, pit, pitfall, pound net, rattrap, snare, gin, noose, web, entanglement, iron trap, speed trap
Part Meronyms: golf course, golf links, links
Derivational Morphology: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait, still-hunt, bunker, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel, hook, immobilization, immobilisation, immobilizing, gin, noose, snarer, trapper
Anagrams: part, tarp, prat, rapt
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