trap door
Example Sentences
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But the trap door was what made it real for me.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025
As battered suitcases and black sacks stuffed full of cigarettes are heaved up through the makeshift trap door, a man who we're told helps out in the shop watches on laughing.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025
The air flows through a pipe module situated behind the "trap door," generating an acoustic signal.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
In footage captured by concertgoers and posted on social media, the 47-year-old musician points to several fan posters and flags before stepping backward into an open trap door.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024
The trap door at the front slammed shut, separating them from Nanuq.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
