trapdoor

noun

Definition of trapdoornext
as in portcullis

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Recent Examples of trapdoor Anxious times for Forest, only five points above the relegation trapdoor. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026 Authorities found a kilo of fentanyl in a closet and 12 more kilos of narcotics under a trapdoor in the children's playroom. — Doha Madani, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026 But Henry’s would-be rock bottom appears to have been outfitted with a trapdoor. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026 But the culture does prime young men to align themselves emotionally with sports and then offer them the trapdoor of an opportunity to return on that investment. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trapdoor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapdoor
  1. portcullis
  2. lattice
  3. double door
  4. revolving door
  5. wicket
  6. hatch
  7. storm door
Noun
  • 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
Definition of portcullis
Noun
  • Instead, the real-time images revealed that copper retained order in its crystal lattice and melted steadily past this theoretical limit.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Months later, to her delight, a bounty of new sprouts appeared, ready to guide into a lattice pattern.
    — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of lattice
Noun
  • The tall double door marked a new photo backdrop for the couple, with some speculating that it was captured at Forest Lodge, their family's new home.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • The Polar Aurora outdoor shed is 12 feet long and 10 feet wide with double doors on the long side, plus a window to let light in.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2026
Definition of double door
Noun
  • Still, with a revolving door of owners and the loss of advertisers to Facebook, the platform struggled.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The middle of Miami’s offensive line has been a revolving door for the past few years.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of revolving door
Noun
  • Hodge added only one run to his overnight score of 83, but overall added 91 runs with Hope for the fourth-wicket stand which revived West Indies hopes of putting up a challenging first innings total.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • Australia reigned supreme in the T20 World Cup final with a crushing seven-wicket victory over England, completed with 17 balls to spare in front of a Lord’s crowd of 28,887, a record for women’s cricket.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of wicket
Noun
  • The resulting maggots hatch within a day and begin ravenously feasting on the living flesh of their victims.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In a laboratory 2 kilometers underground, a crane lowers Matt Depatie, a detector technologist, through a hatch into a white-walled cavern filled with about 7,000 tons of ultrapure water that glows as blue as wiper fluid in the light.
    — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of hatch
Noun
  • The apartment's storm door was broken, and multiple bullet holes were seen around the entrance, deputies said.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The storm door on the Pro gets a major upgrade over the Classic, featuring a center zipper to close shut for confident weatherproofing.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
Definition of storm door

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