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portcullis

noun

Definition of portcullis

as in trapdoor

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Recent Examples of portcullis The entrance to the car park even passes under a portcullis and guests’ bags go through an X-ray machine hidden in the rock-face. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 The prior owner went all out on building a Medieval-style castle, with a moat, a drawbridge and a portcullis. — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022 Then Iraq’s new rulers lowered a paper portcullis, demanding fees and the completion of myriad forms. — The Economist, 10 Apr. 2021

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For instance, say a cask of ginger rolls through a trapdoor and lands on a poor laborer below.

— Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2026
Daredevils dig Screaming Hyena, a 60-foot trapdoor slide that drops from the roof!

— Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 15 July 2026

Definition of trapdoor

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To achieve such heights, Gicon’s design combines a conventional wind turbine with a steel lattice support structure and a telescoping inner tower.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2026
Lasers can target specific spots, but researchers could only guess how energy moved through the lattice.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

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Multiple artists crammed into a food truck-sized trailer serve a revolving door of clients throughout the four-day festival.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
The rash of injuries recently on the position player side has meant a revolving door for the Red Sox late in the season.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of revolving door

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But Dhir got his maiden T20 wicket in the 12th over as Hope was out caught at midwicket.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
With the wicket of Saim Ayub, Robinson reached 100 wickets in Test cricket, only the third Englishman to reach that landmark with an average below 20, after Derek Underwood and Ian Botham.

— Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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