trap door

Example Sentences

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But the trap door was what made it real for me.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

Howells and his team set up a trap near the crawl space opening and the bear eventually walked into it and triggered the trap door, wildlife officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2025

The trap door then closes again by means of an elastic resetting mechanism.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Mr Gilliver moves towards the camera, swooshing his light sabre before disappearing down the trap door.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

Then we heard it, the sound, and Jimmy Latham said, ‘What was that? ’; and I told him what it was—the trap door.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote