1. trapdoor - Noun
2. trapdoor - Verb
A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.
A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; -- called also weather door.
Source: Webster's dictionaryJeb climbed the ladder Fang had just lowered and I indulged in a moments fantasy about someone slamming the trapdoor on his head.”-max. James Patterson
Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, you realize you're standing on another trapdoor. Marisha Pessl
He turned again to Bunting, saw his troubled countenance, the beads of sweat dancing on his upper lip. "And Bunting..." "Yes?" "Forget the alibi. The Vigils don't provide alibis," Archie said. The words final, like a trapdoor slamming shut. Robert Cormier
Badly wounded but still alive, Annie tries dragging him to safety in the living room near the trapdoor to the fruit cellar, where he is attacked and eaten alive by Henrietta. Source: Internet
Above: Made of pine, a bin with a trapdoor to make it easy to shovel and a lid to keep out varmints is 899 SEK from K-Raut. Source: Internet
After opening a trapdoor under the statue, the Spider-Men delve into its depths and come across the Molecule Man. Owen questioned them if they had brought him something to eat, and Miles gave him a burger he had had in his pocket. Source: Internet