trap

/træp/ n [C] (DEVICE FOR CATCHING)

Definition

› a device or hole for catching and holding things: A bear was caught in the trap. › A trap is also a bad situation from which it is difficult or impossible to escape: Simply by answering the letter, Robin had fallen into a trap. trap

/træp/ v [T] (-pp-) › Morrison was trapped by the fire.

(Definition of trap n (DEVICE FOR CATCHING) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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