Trapdoor Definition

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trapdoors
noun
A hinged or sliding door in a roof, ceiling, or floor.
Webster's New World

(theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.

Wiktionary

(computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.

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(mathematics, cryptography) The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.

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(mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; weather door.

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Other Word Forms of Trapdoor

Noun

Singular:
trapdoor
Plural:
trapdoors

Origin of Trapdoor

Trapdoor Sentence Examples

  • We had alerted them to our presence when we opened the trapdoor.

  • In the ceiling was a small trapdoor that led into the attic.

  • Click the trapdoor to close it and send a red ball bouncing around.

  • The stairs ended at a trapdoor that led out onto the stone flagged roof of the tower surrounded by a low parapet.

  • But it was Sexton Blake who found the trapdoor.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

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ROROOR

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