Thursday, February 13, 2014

TRAP

WORD: TRAP

MEANING:
1. A contrivance for catching and holding animals, as a concealed pit or a clamplike device that springs shut suddenly.
2. A stratagem for catching or tricking an unwary person.
3. A confining or undesirable circumstance from which escape or relief is difficult: fell into poverty's trap.
4. A device for sealing a passage against the escape of gases, especially a U-shaped or S-shaped bend in a drainpipe that prevents the return flow of sewer gas by means of a water barrier.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the exam was full of trap questions
2. He was trapped inside when the fire broke out.

PRONOUNCE:
trap - ट्रैप

LINK: TRAP

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