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mousetraps

mousetraps is the plural of mousetrap.

mousetraps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mousetrap.

Meaning of mousetrap

Noun

mousetrap (countable and uncountable, plural mousetraps)

  1. (countable) A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
    Synonyms:
    mousefall
  2. (Internet, countable) A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage.
  3. (UK, informal, uncountable) Ordinary, everyday cheese.
  4. (New Zealand) A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved.
  5. (historical) An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.
    • Besides depth charges, they were armed with smaller forward firing antisubmarine rocket launchers called mousetraps. Fired in groups, these rockets detonated when they contacted a submarine.2003, Nautical Research Journal, volume 48, page 199

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Questions about mousetraps

What is mousetraps the plural of?
Mousetraps is the plural of mousetrap.

Words near mousetraps in the dictionary

  1. mousetrap guns
  2. mousetrap man
  3. mousetrap men
  4. mousetrapped
  5. mousetrapping
  6. mousetraps
  7. mouseweb
  8. mousework
  9. mousey
  10. mouseys
  11. Moushegian

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