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1. Trap
   Trap is slang for the mouth.
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2. Trap
   Trap is slang for the mouth.
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3. Trap
   [plumbing] In plumbing, a trap is a U-, S-, or J-shaped pipe located below or within a plumbing fixture. An S-shaped trap is also known as the S-bend invented by Alexander Cummings in 1775 but became known as the U-bend following the introduction of the U-shaped trap by Thomas Crapper in 188...
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4. Trap
   [computing] In computing and operating systems, a trap, also known as an exception or a fault, is typically a type of synchronous interrupt typically caused by an exceptional condition (e.g., breakpoint, division by zero, invalid memory access). A trap usually results in a switch to kernel m...
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5. trap
   1. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by some exceptional situation in the user program. In most cases, the OS performs some action, then returns control to the program. 2. To cause a trap. 'These instructions trap to the monitor.' Also used transitively to indicate the cause of the ...
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6. Trap
   A trap door opening into the area below stage which can be used for special effects.
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7. trap
   [n] - something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares 2. [n] - informal terms for the mouth 3. [n] - drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas 4. [n] - a device to hurl clay pigeons...
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8. Trap
   A filter designed to reject audio signals at certain frequencies.
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9. Trap
   To print one ink over another or to print a coating, such as varnish, over an ink. The first liquid traps the second liquid.
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10. Trap
    A water filled seal in the waste run from a bath, basic, or sink, etc which prevents fumes coming back from the drains.
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11. trap
    A method of catching program errors when illegal instructions are executed or illegal memory locations are accessed; 2)A mode in which the computer interrupts itself after each instruction to allow a trace or other diagnostic program to operate. Category: Automation (includes telecommunications a...
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12. Trap
    A plumbing fitting that holds water to prevent air, gas, and vermin from backing up into a fixture.
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13. Trap
    A bent section of pipe (below a bath, sink, etc) containing standing water to prevent the passage of gases.
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14. trap
    <geology> An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-coloured, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc, but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock. Trap tufa, Trap tuff, a kind of fragmental ...
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15. trap
    snare noun something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; `the exam was full of trap questions`; `it was all a snare and delusion`
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16. trap
    cakehole noun informal terms for the mouth
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17. trap
    noun a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
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18. trap
    immobilise verb to hold fast or prevent from moving; `The child was pinned under the fallen tree`
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19. Trap
    • (v. t.) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5. • (v. t.) Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. • (n.) The game of trapball. • (n.) A wagon, or other vehicle. • (n.) A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as w...
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20. trap
    (from the article `commercial fishing`) Genuine mechanical traps, which close by a mechanism released by the prey, are seldom employed for fishing. Most commercial fishing traps are ... ...Pacific coast, by the Danes and their neighbours off the eastern coasts of the Baltic, and for salmon fishing off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts ......
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21. trap
    (from the article `building construction`) ...joints or bell-and-spigot joints sealed with molten lead or with plastic pipe with solvent-welded joints. The waste pipe of every plumbing fixture ...
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22. trap
    (from the article `diabase`) fine- to medium-grained, dark gray to black intrusive igneous rock. It is extremely hard and tough and is commonly quarried for crushed stone, under ...
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23. trap
    in theatre, a concealed opening, usually in the stage floor, through which actors, props, and scenery can be brought on and off stage. Traps are ... [1 related articles]
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24. trap
    in physics, any location within a solid (generally a semiconductor or an insulator) that restricts the movement of electrons and holes—i.e., ... [3 related articles]
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25. Trap
    To combine different layers of colors in order to create various colors in the four color printing process.
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