Definition of Traps

1. n. pl. Small or portable articles for dress, furniture, or use; goods; luggage; things.

Definition of Traps

1. Noun. (plural of ''trap'') ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of ''trap#Verb trap'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Traps

1. trap [v] - See also: trap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Traps

trapped-particle instability
trapper
trapper's tea
trappers
trappier
trappiest
trapping
trappings
trappist
trappose
trappous
trappures
trappy
traprock
traprocks
traps (current term)
traps case
trapset
trapshooter
trapshooters
trapshooting
trapshootings
trapstick
trapsticks
trapt
trapunto
trapuntos
trash
trash-talk
trash-talked

Literary usage of Traps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (1900)
"Effects on the traps. Along the fault line the traps have been, ... The marked brecciation of the traps commonly extends, not only for a few feet from the ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"traps for animals are of great antiquity, and no savage people has ever been ... Dr OT Mason has divided traps into three classes: enclosing traps, ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"Here there is evidence that the defendant's purpose in setting the traps was to catch dogs in general, as well as vermin ; for he afterwards recompensed his ..."

4. Steam Power Plant Auxiliaries and Accessories by Terrell Croft, Daniel John Dufflin (1922)
"DIVISION 13 STEAM traps 487. Steam traps are devices for entrapping and ... (2) Non-return traps (Fig. 400) or those which discharge against normal ..."

5. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"Classification of Steam traps. — Steam traps may be divided into two classes, ... Return traps. traps which receive the condensed steam and return it to a ..."

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