trapdoor

Example Sentences

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The park, which closed in late December, contains games and rides that reference past MrBeast videos, such as a trapdoor tower and catapults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

"There are now four known species of trapdoor spiders in California that live exclusively in coastal dune habitats," said corresponding author Emma Jochim, a doctoral student in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

She knows the location of the hidden trapdoor that leads to the rafters of the arch above the nave.

From New York Times • May 6, 2024

“We didn’t know there was this trapdoor you can fall through this far into the process.”

From Science Magazine • Jan. 16, 2024

There was a series of clicks, and the tiles began folding up on themselves and retracting into the floor, opening up like an origami trapdoor.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein