| trap block | (American football) an illegal block |
mousetrap
trap play | (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated |
ambush
ambuscade
lying in wait
trap | the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise |
| flame cell | organ of excretion in flatworms |
| trap-door spider | American spider that constructs a silk-lined nest with a hinged lid |
flame fish
flamefish
Apogon maculatus | a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters |
arrester
arrester hook | a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier |
bargello
flame stitch | needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines |
bunker
sand trap
trap | a hazard on a golf course |
land mine
ground-emplaced mine
booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
spark arrester
sparker | a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack |
| spark arrester | electrical device to reduce sparking when electrical contacts are opened or closed |
| steel trap | a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey |
suntrap
solar trap | a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds |
surge suppressor
surge protector
spike suppressor
spike arrester
lightning arrester | electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current |
| trap | a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned |
| trap | a light two-wheeled carriage |
| trap | a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters |
| trap | drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas |
| trap-and-drain auger | a plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain |
| trap door | a hinged or sliding door in a floor or ceiling |
trap
cakehole
hole
maw
yap
gob | informal terms for the mouth |
| steel trap | an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps), he's as sharp as a steel trap, a mind like a steel trap |
pitfall
booby trap | an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty |
trap
snare | something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares, the exam was full of trap questions, it was all a snare and delusion |
| iron trap | a trap from which there is no escape |
| speed trap | a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders |
| flame-out | a complete or conspicuous failure, the spectacular flame-out of the company's stock cost many people their life savings |
| flame-out | the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion |
| flame tokay | purplished table grape |
| trap line | a line or series of traps |
candlelight
candle flame | the light provided by a burning candle |
huisache
cassie
mimosa bush
sweet wattle
sweet acacia
scented wattle
flame tree Acacia farnesiana | tropical American thorny shrub or small tree, fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery |
| flame flower flame-flower flameflower Talinum aurantiacum | plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil, southwestern United States, Indians once cooked the fleshy roots |
narrow-leaved flame flower
Talinum augustissimum | similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers, southwestern United States |
flame tree flame durrajong
Brachychiton acerifolius
Sterculia acerifolia | south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers |
flame tree broad-leaved bottletree
Brachychiton australis | north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves |
kniphofia
tritoma
flame flower flame-flower flameflower | a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers |
royal poinciana
flamboyant
flame tree peacock flower
Delonix regia
Poinciana regia | showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar, widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers, sometimes placed in genus Poinciana |
| flame pea | any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orangeed flowers, Australia |
coral bush
flame bush
Templetonia retusa | Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers |
flame tree fire tree
Christmas tree Nuytsia floribunda | a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers, parasitic on roots of grasses |
coleus
flame nettle | any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers |
fire
flame
flaming | the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke, fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries |
| poverty trap | a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off |
| flame | criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium, the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed |
trap pin immobilize
immobilise | to hold fast or prevent from moving, The child was pinned under the fallen tree |
trap
entrap
snare
ensnare
trammel | catch in or as if in a trap, The men trap foxes |
| trap | hold or catch as if in a trap, The gaps between the teeth trap food particles |
trap
pin down | place in a confining or embarrassing position, He was trapped in a difficult situation |