"trapdoor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtræpdɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtræpdɔɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trapdoor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trapdoors [plural]
enPR: trăpdô, trăpdôr Etymology: trap + door Etymology templates: {{compound|en|trap|door}} trap + door Head templates: {{en-noun}} trapdoor (plural trapdoors)
  1. A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling. Translations (door set into floor or ceiling): люк (ljuk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), капак на пода (kapak na poda) (Bulgarian), trapa [feminine] (Catalan), escotilla [feminine] (Catalan), lem [common-gender] (Danish), luge [common-gender] (Danish), valluik [neuter] (Dutch), valdeur [feminine] (Dutch), klapopordo (Esperanto), klappordo (Esperanto), plankpordo (Esperanto), plankopordo (Esperanto), luukku (Finnish), trappe (French), zapón [masculine] (Galician), zapa (Galician), trapa [feminine] (Galician), trapela [feminine] (Galician), Falltür [feminine] (German), καταπακτή (katapaktí) [feminine] (Greek), csapóajtó (Hungarian), hleri [masculine] (Icelandic), fallhleri [masculine] (Icelandic), hlemmur [masculine] (Icelandic), botola (Italian), kopani (Maori), trappe [feminine] (Norman), lem [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), klapa [feminine] (Polish), alçapão (Portuguese), люк (ljuk) [masculine] (Russian), лаз (laz) [masculine] (Russian), trampa (Spanish), escotillón [masculine] (Spanish), fallucka [common-gender] (Swedish), lucka [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-trapdoor-en-noun-iIpkdLmr Disambiguation of 'door set into floor or ceiling': 59 21 6 8 6
  2. (theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances. Categories (topical): Theater Translations (similar door on a stage): падаща врата (padašta vrata) [feminine] (Bulgarian), trapa [feminine] (Catalan), faldlem [common-gender] (Danish), valluik (Dutch), luukku (Finnish), botola [feminine] (Italian), zapadnia [feminine] (Polish), люк (ljuk) [masculine] (Russian), fallucka [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-trapdoor-en-noun-HyxLf3A6 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater Disambiguation of 'similar door on a stage': 23 40 7 10 20
  3. (computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (secret access to a program): porta del darrere [feminine] (Catalan), achterdeur (Dutch), takaportti (Finnish), лазе́йка (lazéjka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-trapdoor-en-noun-olUzbxCH Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'secret access to a program': 6 4 75 13 2
  4. (mathematics, cryptography) The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed. Categories (topical): Cryptography, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-trapdoor-en-noun-fO74chRc Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; a weather door. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-trapdoor-en-noun-vnse6Mb7 Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drop, trap door, trap-door Derived forms: trapdoor effect, trapdoor spider

Verb

IPA: /ˈtræpdɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtræpdɔɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trapdoor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trapdoors [present, singular, third-person], trapdooring [participle, present], trapdoored [participle, past], trapdoored [past]
enPR: trăpdô, trăpdôr Etymology: trap + door Etymology templates: {{compound|en|trap|door}} trap + door Head templates: {{en-verb}} trapdoor (third-person singular simple present trapdoors, present participle trapdooring, simple past and past participle trapdoored)
  1. (cryptography, transitive) To subvert (a cryptographic scheme) by means of a secret parameter that makes the trapdoor function easy to compute. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Cryptography
    Sense id: en-trapdoor-en-verb-oIYpGqeO Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (surgery, intransitive) To form a trapdoor deformity. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-trapdoor-en-verb-~7IeqKSg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 19 10 17 6 18 29 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: trap door, trap-door

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "surgery"
        ],
        [
          "trapdoor deformity",
          "trapdoor deformity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(surgery, intransitive) To form a trapdoor deformity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtræpdɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtræpdɔɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trapdoor.wav",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-trapdoor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-trapdoor.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "trăpdô"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "trăpdôr"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "trap door"
    },
    {
      "word": "trap-door"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "trapdoor"
  ],
  "word": "trapdoor"
}

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