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mousetrap Definition

mouse·trap (-trap′)

noun

a trap for catching mice

transitive verb -·trapped′, -·trap′·ping

☆ to trick or ensnare by means of a feint or stratagem

mousetrap Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • build: He does not have to build a better mousetrap.
  • make: For example, the platform ( by itself ) would make a functionally useless mousetrap, but it might make a great paperweight.
  • have: You have to have a mousetrap to catch a mouse.
  • invent: One thinks someone should " invent giant mousetraps " .
  • need: Nowadays, you don't need a better mousetrap.
  • see: She even made me go see the Mousetrap in London.

Adjective modifier

  • good: Claiming to have a " better mousetrap " can cause the world to beat a path to one's door.
  • humane: One mouse escaped under its own steam and another was rescued using the humane mousetrap we keep for the purpose.
  • giant: One thinks someone should " invent giant mousetraps " .

Modifies a noun

  • car: Mousetrap cars, boats, books, plans, kits, instructions, and physics lessons, all new earth.. .
  • sequence: Hamlet at Sea With the mousetrap sequence in hand, the obvious question is how long Hamlet spends with the pirates.

Preposition: in

  • house: Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, " There is a mousetrap in the house!