trap door

British  

noun

1. a door or flap flush with and covering an opening, esp in a ceiling

2. the opening so covered

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Example Sentences

When a polar bear climbed inside and took the bait, the trap door on the front would slam closed, and bing, bang, boom, you had yourself a polar bear.

From Literature

Therrien is famous for his large-scale sculptures — towering stacks of vertigo-inducing dishes, giant beards, enormous folding chairs and oversized pots and pans in humongous cupboards — but each piece is a “trap door,” says Schad.

From Los Angeles Times

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

When they stormed the building, they found a sliding trap door, disguised to look like part of the stone floor, from which metal stairs led to Fito's underground hideout.

From BBC

And, as she descended a grand pearlescent staircase, she suddenly disappeared through a trap door.

From BBC

Related Words

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