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trap door

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trap door
n
1. a door or flap flush with and covering an opening, esp in a ceiling
2. the opening so covered
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.trap door - a hinged or sliding door in a floor or ceilingtrap door - a hinged or sliding door in a floor or ceiling
door - a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left"
Translations
trap door
nFalltür f; (Theat) → Versenkung f
trap door nbotola


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It was reached by a trap door in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.
For days and nights at a time Virginia never saw him, his meals being passed in to him by Sing through a small trap door that had been cut in the partition wall of the "court of mystery" as von Horn had christened the section of the camp devoted to the professor's experimentations.
Now there was a trap door {169} on the wall, while at one end of the pavement {170} there was an exit leading to a narrow passage, and this exit was closed by a well-made door.
 
 
 
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