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Traps

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Traps"

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Word	Definition
snarenoun	A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
entrapverb	(transitive) To catch in a trap or snare.
ensnareverb	To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
trammelnoun	Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
pinnoun	A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
holenoun	A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
bunkernoun	(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
ambuscadenoun	(dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
ambushnoun	The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.
lying in waitnoun	(law) The act of hiding and waiting for someone with the intent to kill or inflict serious bodily harm to them.
yapnoun	(countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
immobilizeverb	To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
mawnoun	The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature; craw.
sand trapnoun	(golf) A sand-filled hollow, on a golf course, used as a hazard; a bunker.
jawsnoun	(plural only) The mouth.
binsnoun	(slang) Eyeglasses or spectacles.
blackoutnoun	A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
tiesnoun	(dated) Low shoes fastened with lacings.
trappingsnoun	Clothing or equipment.
hatchnoun	A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.