trap door
Frequency: 4.58.9 per million words
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Examples (10)
- The magician vanished through a cleverly hidden trap door on the stage.
- In the old pirate story, the treasure was hidden beneath a trap door in the captain's cabin.
- He pulled a lever, and a trap door opened up in the floor beneath them.
- Access to the dusty attic is through a small trap door in the hallway ceiling.
- The hero made a daring escape by dropping through a trap door just as the villains burst in.
- Be careful when you walk in the barn; there's a rickety trap door leading to the cellar.
- A secret trap door was discovered behind the bookshelf, revealing a hidden passage.
- The stage crew checked to ensure the trap door mechanism was working perfectly before the show.
- She nervously tested the old wooden trap door before climbing down into the basement.
- The architect's plans included a trap door for easy access to the crawl space.