mousetrap
A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodentsA device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
» Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.
Meaning
5 senses(countable)A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
Mausefalle, Rattenfalle
мышело́вкаmyšelóvka
(Internet, countable)A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage.
(UK, informal, uncountable)Ordinary, everyday cheese.
(New Zealand, countable, uncountable)A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved.
(countable, historical, uncountable)An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.
- (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
- a trap for catching mice
Examples
5 sentencesBuild a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.
A mousetrap rids the house of mice.
ruМышеловка избавляет дом от мышей.
The mouse got caught in a mousetrap.
ruМышь попала в мышеловку.
Man invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever have thought to build a mousetrap!
deDer Mensch hat die Atombombe erfunden - aber keine Maus würde je auf die Idee kommen, eine Mausefalle zu bauen!
You can't legally set a mousetrap in California without a hunting license.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mouse-trappe, mous trappe, mouse trape, equivalent to mouse + trap. CoFrom Middle English mouse-trappe, mous trappe, mouse trape, equivalent to mouse + trap. Cognate with Dutch muizetrap, muizentrap (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muustrappe, Muustrapp (“mousetrap”). In the Internet sense, refers to a computer mouse.
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Forms
plural: mousetrapsSynonyms
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3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable