What is another word for Traps?

Pronunciation: [tɹˈaps] (IPA)

Traps are devices used to capture animals or humans. There are various synonyms used for traps that denote the different types of traps such as snares, pits, cages, nets, baits, springs, lures, and pitfalls. Snares are typically made of wire or cord and are used to trap animals by snaring their necks or legs. Pits are holes in the ground that are dug and covered to trap animals that fall into them. Cages are used to capture animals alive and are often used in zoos or for transport. Nets are used to capture birds and fish. Baits, springs, lures, and pitfalls are all different types of traps that have different mechanisms for capturing prey.

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Usage examples for Traps

Wait till I put my Traps away.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
"There; let them open my Traps, and fetch me a pair of slippers and a dressing-gown," broke in the traveller; "and be sure to have a good fire in my bedroom.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Old tent circles, also stone and fox Traps in abundance, indicated an ancient village of considerable size.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook

Famous quotes with Traps

  • “I’m your apprentice!” Simon protested. “When are you going to teach me something?” “Idiot boy! What do you think I’m doing? I’m trying to teach you to read and to write. That’s the most important thing. What do you to learn?” “Magic!” Simon said immediately. Morgenes stared at him. “And what about reading...?” the doctor asked ominously. Simon was cross. As usual, people seemed determined to balk him at every turn. “I don’t know,” he said. What’s so important about reading and letters, anyway? Books are just stories about things. Why should I want to read books?” Morgenes grinned, an old stoat finding a hole in the henyard fence. “Ah, boy, how can I be mad at you...what a wonderful, charming, perfectly stupid thing to say!” The doctor chuckled appreciatively, deep in his throat. “What do you mean?” Simon’s eyebrows moved together as he frowned. “Why is it wonderful and stupid?” “Wonderful because I have such a wonderful answer,” Morgenes laughed. Stupid because...because young people are made stupid, I suppose—as tortoises are made with shells, and wasps with stings—it is their protection against life’s unkindnesses.” “Begging your pardon?” Simon was totally flummoxed now. “Books,” Morgenes said grandly, leaning back on his precarious stool, “—books magic. That is the simple answer. And books are Traps as well.” “Magic? Traps?” “Books are a form of magic—” the doctor lifted the volume he had just laid on the stack, “—because they span time and distance more surely than any spell or charm. What did so-and-so think about such-and-such two hundred years agone? Can you fly back through the ages and ask him? No—or at least, probably not. But, ah! If he wrote down his thoughts, if somewhere there exists a scroll, or a book of his logical discourses...he speaks to you! Across centuries! And if you wish to visit far Nascadu or lost Khandia, you have also but to open a book....” “Yes, yes, I suppose I understand all that.” Simon did not try to hide his disappointment. This was not what had meant by the word “magic.” “What about Traps, then? Why ‘Traps’?” Morgenes leaned forward, waggling the leather-bound volume under Simon’s nose. “A piece of writing a trap,” he said cheerily, “and the best kind. A book, you see, is the only kind of trap that keeps its captive—which is knowledge—alive forever. The more books you have,” the doctor waved an all-encompassing hand about the room, “the more Traps, then the better chance of capturing some particular, elusive, shining beast—one that might otherwise die unseen.”
    Tad Williams

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