drop
Webster Dictionary
a door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself
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trap
Webster Dictionary
to provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5
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oubliette
(oubliette)
Princeton's WordNet
a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
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trappous
Webster Dictionary
of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy
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lobster pot
(ˈlɒb stər mən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a trap for catching lobsters, typically a box made of wooden slats with a funnellike entrance to the bait. Also called lobster trap.
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trap
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike
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trap
Webster Dictionary
to catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes
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trapball
Webster Dictionary
an old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4
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wicket
Webster Dictionary
a small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman
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trappean
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap
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spring
Webster Dictionary
to cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap
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stoop
Webster Dictionary
originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door
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trick or treat
(trick or treat)
Princeton's WordNet
a request by children on Halloween; they pass from door to door asking for goodies and threatening to play tricks on those who refuse
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revolver
(revolving door, revolver)
Princeton's WordNet
a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings
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screen
(screen door, screen)
Princeton's WordNet
a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door
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revolving door
(revolving door, revolver)
Princeton's WordNet
a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings
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screen door
(screen door, screen)
Princeton's WordNet
a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door
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fanlight
(transom, transom window, fanlight)
Princeton's WordNet
a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
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ice wagon
(ice wagon, ice-wagon)
Princeton's WordNet
(formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door
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transom window
(transom, transom window, fanlight)
Princeton's WordNet
a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
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ice-wagon
(ice wagon, ice-wagon)
Princeton's WordNet
(formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door
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transom
(transom, transom window, fanlight)
Princeton's WordNet
a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
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wicket door
(wicket, wicket door, wicket gate)
Princeton's WordNet
small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
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wicket gate
(wicket, wicket door, wicket gate)
Princeton's WordNet
small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
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wicket
(wicket, wicket door, wicket gate)
Princeton's WordNet
small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
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entrap
Webster Dictionary
to catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men
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butt hinge
(ˈbʌtˌhɛd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a hinge for a door or the like, secured to the butting surfaces rather than to the adjacent sides of the door and its frame.
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storm door
(ɔrm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a supplementary outside door, usu. glazed, for protecting the entrance door against wind, rain, etc.
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gt
(ˈdʒiˌsut)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a high-speed, two-door model of a four-door sedan.
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peddler
(ˈpɛd lər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a person who sells from door to door or in the street.
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