This is simply a metal plate-a kind of trapdoor-built into the floor of the living room fireplace above a deep, bricklined pit. From Wordnik.com. [I'm A Stranger Here Myself]
As he explains it, an online "trapdoor" he created just over a week ago has already lured. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Global Home] Reference
Assuming of course that there’d be a convenient trapdoor aka Lost with a supply of coffee and chocolate hob-nobs. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
"Specifically, we were able to locate a small cellar, what you might call a trapdoor cellar, located beneath the cabin. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
According to CBC, the "Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi" is a kind of trapdoor spider, discovered by Jason Bond of East Carolina University. From Wordnik.com. [andPOP.com] Reference
Beyond the cauldron a trapdoor covered the stairs to. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Simon felt as if a trapdoor had opened under his feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The trapdoor fell and dropped him into a dark dungeon. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur and His Knights] Reference
The archer moved as Daoud crouched by the open trapdoor. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The trapdoor opened, and two men appeared on the platform. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference
The creaking of the trapdoor at the top of the cellar steps. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
As Diffie conceived it, the trapdoor works in two directions. From Wordnik.com. [HOW THEY BEAT BIG BROTHER] Reference
They only need one loophole, or one trapdoor, to gut the rule. From Wordnik.com. [Marvin Ammori: A Guide to the Network Neutrality Discussions at the FCC] Reference
It was Simon's equerry, Thierry, who pushed open the trapdoor. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
He juggles some balls and cubes, disappears through a trapdoor. From Wordnik.com. [quo Murphy] Reference
The airlock trapdoor opened, and a spacesuited figure came out. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
He's the inspiration for the scientific name of a trapdoor spider. From Wordnik.com. [Neil Young Fan Honors Him With A Spider] Reference
So at night she opened the trapdoor and let herself down by a rope. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur and His Knights] Reference
"Hey, how about this bally old trapdoor, Elmer?" demanded Lil Artha. From Wordnik.com. [Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot] Reference
Yes, that's just the thing for you and your heinous trapdoor of a soul!. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Allowances] Reference
He emerged through a trapdoor onto a square platform paved with flagstone. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
(A trapdoor or other entry could be made now, before an emergency occurs.). From Wordnik.com. [In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968)] Reference
Instead, he bent forward and lifted the trapdoor and hurried down the steps. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Seething with frustration, he had watched an Armenian open a cellar trapdoor. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
But when he lifted the trapdoor behind the pilot's seat he saw no signs of fire. From Wordnik.com. [A Descent Into The Depths] Reference
Spelling bees could hardly be more tense if the contestants stood on a trapdoor. From Wordnik.com. [Why the Spell Not?] Reference
At this juncture, Pierre and Paul Lanier emerge from a trapdoor, cutting off escape. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Malay Kris climbed to the attic, went through the trapdoor, and hid in the little room. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
Carrying the bucket he stepped, silent on his soft-soled boots, to the cellar trapdoor. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
We had a trapdoor in the floor of the cabin with a four foot square pit dug out beneath. From Wordnik.com. [The Biography of a Rabbit] Reference
It was dark, but the light from the trapdoor enabled them to see a little after a while. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
The only access to this back cellar was through a trapdoor in the floor of the room above. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
When the trapdoor was lifted for her, the prisoners were all ready and waiting on the ladder. From Wordnik.com. [Once Upon a Time in Connecticut] Reference
By a rear entrance both Laniers passed to their hiding-place in the basement, under the trapdoor. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
When we chatted about water resources, Hassan jumped up and hauled open a trapdoor under our feet. From Wordnik.com. [Walking in Palestine] Reference
Simon turned to see Friar Mathieu's white head emerge from the trapdoor opening to the tower roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
It has a trapdoor-like mouth high on the head, and a "fishing lure" formed by the first dorsal spine on the snout. From Wordnik.com. [Census Of Marine Life: Gulf Of Mexico Is 5th Most Diverse Area] Reference
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