"deathtrap" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛθtɹæp/ [UK] Forms: deathtraps [plural]
Etymology: From death + trap. Etymology templates: {{af|en|death|trap}} death + trap Head templates: {{en-noun}} deathtrap (plural deathtraps)
  1. An extremely dangerous location, structure, or device. Translations (extremely dangerous location, etc.): trencacolls [masculine] (Catalan), 死地 (sǐdì) (Chinese Mandarin), dødsfælde [common-gender] (Danish), surmalõks (Estonian), surmanloukku (Finnish), kuolemanloukku (Finnish), σκοτώστρα (skotóstra) [feminine] (Greek), sáinn bháis [feminine] (Irish), 死地 (shichi) (Japanese), dødsfelle [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dødsfelle [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-deathtrap-en-noun-CpSbLqqu Disambiguation of 'extremely dangerous location, etc.': 81 19
  2. A plot device where a villain in a story puts a hero in an elaborate dangerous situation for the purposes of attempting a sadistic murder. Categories (topical): Plot devices
    Sense id: en-deathtrap-en-noun-aVYCb1X6 Disambiguation of Plot devices: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: death trap, death-trap Related terms: firetrap

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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