{
    "term": "trap",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of equipment for catching animals",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a fox with its leg in a trap"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A trap was laid, with fresh bait."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["animal", "bear", "mouse"],
                "verb + trap": ["be caught in", "get caught in", "free something from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a clever plan designed to trick somebody, either by capturing them or by making them do or say something that they did not mean to do or say",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She had **set a trap** for him and he had walked straight into it."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hidden", "obvious", "potential"],
                "verb + trap": ["lay", "set", "set up"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the unemployment trap"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some women see marriage as a trap."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hidden", "obvious", "potential"],
                "verb + trap": ["lay", "set", "set up"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a light carriage with two wheels, pulled by a horse",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pony and trap"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "mouth",
            "labels": "(slang)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Shut your trap! *(= a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to keep your trap shut *(= to not tell a secret)*"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "gob"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a cage from which a greyhound (= a type of dog) is let out at the start of a race",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a small area filled with sand on a golf course",
            "labels": "(both especially North American English)British and North American English",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make a trap for catching animals close suddenly",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to try to trick somebody into doing or saying something; to succeed in this",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do/avoid doing something that is a mistake but that seems at first to be a good idea",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Parents often fall into the trap of trying to do everything for their children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie avoids the trap of spending too much time explaining things."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/træp/",
                "audio": "tr/trap/trap__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/træp/",
                "audio": "tr/trap/trap__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English træppe (in coltetræppe ‘Christ's thorn’); related to Middle Dutch trappe and medieval Latin trappa, of uncertain origin. The verb dates from late Middle English."
}