What part of speech is mousetrap?

Mousetrap can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. mousetrap is a verb, present, 1st person singular of mousetrap (infinitive).
  • 2. mousetrap is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. mousetrap is a noun, singular of mousetraps.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does mousetrap mean?

Definitions

Verb

mousetrap -  To trap; to trick or fool someone into a bad situation.

Noun

mousetrap - (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated
mousetrap - a trap for catching mice

Examples of mousetrap

#   Sentence  
1. noun Man invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever have thought to build a mousetrap!
2. noun The dog with the puppy is the master of the house. The cat rids the house of mice, which a mousetrap also does.
3. noun A mousetrap rids the house of mice.
Sentence  
noun
Man invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever have thought to build a mousetrap!
The dog with the puppy is the master of the house. The cat rids the house of mice, which a mousetrap also does.
A mousetrap rids the house of mice.

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