trap

/træp/ noun [C]

Translation

CATCHING ANIMALS › a piece of equipment for catching animals

tuzak, kapan

a mouse trap1057

SITUATION › a dangerous or unpleasant situation which is difficult to escape from

tuzak, kurtulması zor ve tehlikeli durum

[usually singular] Such families get caught in the poverty trap. → See also booby trap10571786

(Definition of trap noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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