traps
Britishplural noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of traps
C19: probably shortened from trappings
Example Sentences
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Forest Officer Ram Singh Yadav told AFP on Sunday that authorities have deployed drones, camera traps and shooters in the area.
From Barron's
Variety's Alison Herman wrote: "By declining to enrich its characters as they age, Stranger Things traps itself in arrested development. When you get bigger without going deeper, you end up stretched thin."
From BBC
Black Friday is almost here and the scammers are out of the traps.
From MarketWatch
Another point he makes is that the safety net does catch people at the very bottom, but traps anyone who climbs out.
From MarketWatch
"It creates a targeted airflow that traps and removes exhaled aerosols almost immediately -- before they have a chance to spread."
From Science Daily
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