trapdoor

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trap + door

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Singular
trapdoor

Plural
trapdoors

trapdoor (plural trapdoors)

  1. A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
  2. (theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.
  3. (computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program on online system; a backdoor.

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