Mousetrap

Definitions

1. A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
   countable
2. A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage.
   Internet, countable
3. Ordinary, everyday cheese.
   British, informal, uncountable
4. A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved.
   New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
5. An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.
   countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Besides depth charges, they were armed with smaller forward⟳ firing antisubmarine rocket launchers called mousetraps. Fired in groups, these rockets detonated when they contacted a submarine.”

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