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trapdoor

The correct spelling is trapdoor.

How to pronounce trapdoor

noun

Say it like: Tra-pdoo-r

The correct spelling is trapdoor. A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
  2. 2.Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.
  3. 3.A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.
  4. 4.The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.
  5. 5.A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; weather door.

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