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/ˈmaʊsˌtɹæp/ · noun
(countable) A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents..
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.
He hoped to bring the rebels out of their trenches for a showdown battle somewhere south of the Wilderness, that gloomy expanse of scrub oaks and pines where Lee had mousetrapped Joe Hooker exactly a year earlier.
The scammer is paid for each new visitor directed to his site. There is nothing wrong except that the user finds it impossible to leave the site because he is mousetrapped.
Use mouse trap when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mouse trap means (countable) A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents..
Common synonyms include mousefall, trap play.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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