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

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

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

I heard the hinges on the trap door creak.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor