Trap definition

Trap means fixed gear anchored to the bottom, usually containing a guide net that leads bluefin tuna into an enclosure or series of enclosures where it is kept prior to harvesting or farming;
Trap means a pipe fitting or portion of a sanitary appliance designed to retain water seal which serves as a barrier against the flow of foul air or gas, in position;
Trap means a pipe fitting or a portion of a sanitary appliance that is designed to retain a water seal in position;

Examples of Trap in a sentence

  • Trap out insect activities, where funnel traps with attractive pheromones are hand-placed in trees.

  • Trap tree activities where live saw timber size trees are felled to serve as “trap trees” within areas where insect populations have increased past endemic levels.

  • Terrain Trap – A terrain trap is a sharply concave part of the runout such as a gully, an abrupt transition, or a crevasse where avalanche debris will pile up deeply.


More Definitions of Trap

Trap means any fitting designed to retain a quantity of water for the purpose of preventing the passage of air or gases through such fitting;
Trap means any trap, springtrap, snare, gin, cage, net, pitfall or birdlime and any other device or method whatsoever which can be used or adapted for the capture of wild animals;
Trap means to take or harvest or participate in the taking or harvesting of any wildlife
Trap means a fitting or device so designed and constructed as to provide, when properly vented, a liquid seal that will prevent the back passage of air without materially affecting the flow of sewage or wastewater through it.
Trap means to take or harvest or participate in the taking or harvesting of any wildlife protected by state law by setting or placing any mechanical device, snare, deadfall, pit, or device intended to take wildlife or to remove wildlife from any of these devices.
Trap means a pipe fitting, or part of a sanitary appliance, that retains liquid to prevent the passage of foul air; and
Trap means to take or attempt to take any wildlife by means involving the use of a trap, net, snare or other device used for the purpose of capture.