mousetrap
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!
Browse dictionary entries near mousetrap
- mousetail
- mouser
- mousebird
- mouse-ear
- mouse deer
- mouse
- mourning dove
- mourning cloak
- mourning band
- mourning
- mousey
- mousing
- mousquetaire
- moussaka
- mousse
- mousseline
- mousseline de laine
- mousseline de soie
- mousseline sauce
- Moussorgsky
