Word following sand or steel Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Word following sand or steel crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on August 14 2024 New York Times Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Word following sand or steel has a total of 4 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | TRAP | Word following sand or steel | New York Times |
Definition
| • | To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses. |
| • | An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock. |
| • | Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike. |
| • | A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes. |
| • | Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares. |
| • | A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at. |
| • | The game of trapball. |
| • | A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids. |
| • | A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet. |
| • | A wagon, or other vehicle. |
| • | A kind of movable stepladder. |
| • | To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes. |
| • | Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. |
| • | To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5. |
| • | To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver. |
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