traps

plural noun

ˈtraps How to pronounce traps (audio)
Synonyms of trapsnext
: personal belongings : luggage

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Bears that get caught in traps may just be more curious to begin with. — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023 The stockings were put in separate traps at the end of a long tube, then dozens of mosquitos were released. — Maddie Burakoff, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2022 Specific pairs of males and females kept showing up in traps together. — Steven Phelps, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2023 In it, Sharkey and a group of coauthors named some new species of braconid wasp that had been caught in malaise traps in Costa Rica. — Brooke Jarvis, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for traps

Word History

Etymology

Middle English trappe caparison — more at trap

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of traps was in 1813

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“Traps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traps. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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