# traps

Pronunciation: say "TRAPS" /tɹæps/

## Noun

1. Plural of trap. — plural of trap
   - Simple: Plural of trap. Use this form when you mean more than one trap.
   - _The pest control team baited dozens of traps around the warehouse._
   - _Lobstermen haul their traps up from the seabed each morning._
3. A drum kit; the full set of drums and cymbals played by a single percussionist.
   - Simple: A set of drums and cymbals played by one person.
   - _He packed up the traps after the late set finally ended._
   - _The recording captured every nuance of the drummer's traps._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of trap. — third-person singular simple present indicative of trap
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of trap. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The new policy traps low-income families in a cycle of debt._
   - _A narrow inlet traps sediment carried down by the river._

## Noun

4. Archaic form of trappings. *(archaic)* — Archaic form of trappings (“clothing, equipment; horse coverings”).
   - Simple: Archaic form of trappings. An old word for clothing, gear, or coverings for a horse.
   - _The procession gleamed with the silver traps of the royal mounts._
   - _She gathered her traps and set out across the moor before sunrise._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/traps (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).