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Trap

/trˈæp/
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(noun) A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.

Cheese often lures a mouse into a trap.
The old man freed the little fox from the trap.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The hunters set a small ____ in the woods to catch the rabbit that had been eating the young garden vegetables today.

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