Definitions for steel-trap

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Steel-Trap is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 596 anagrams from letters in steel-trap (-aeelprstt).

Definitions for steel-trap

noun

  1. a trap for catching animals, consisting of spring-operated steel jaws with sharp projections that clamp shut.

Origin of steel-trap

First recorded in 1725-35

Examples for steel-trap

“Precisely,” Mrs. Fyne said very unexpectedly like a steel trap going off.

A steel trap is real firm when it lays hold and tries to be.

To this day, within military aviation, he is famous for his "steel trap" mind and his unflappable demeanor.

The trouble began with a steel trap, just as it did in their father's case.

"Heart like a steel trap, cobber," he said, almost approvingly.

His lips were like a steel trap, and in his eyes there was a cold glitter.

At the rustling snap, like the voice of a steel trap, I jerked my hand away.

Jim came to his decision like the snapping of the jaws of a steel trap.

“Precisely,” Mrs Fyne said very unexpectedly like a steel trap going off.

The "thanks" clipped like a steel trap, and the business was completed.

Word Value for steel-trap
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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