trap door
Example Sentences
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But the trap door was what made it real for me.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025
Chris Martin emerged unharmed and thanked the crew member who caught him after he fell through a trap door during Coldplay’s Sunday concert in Melbourne.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
When they stormed the building, they found a sliding trap door, disguised to look like part of the stone floor, from which metal stairs led to Fito's underground hideout.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025
The trap door then closes again by means of an elastic resetting mechanism.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
He tore a flap from the opened cardboard box and chased out the smoke with it and then he climbed up and lowered the trap door and turned and looked at the boy.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
