stench trap

English

Noun

stench trap (plural stench traps)

  1. (construction, plumbing) A device to prevent foul air from rising from the openings of sewers, drains, etc., by means of a water seal.
    Synonyms: sink trap, smell trap, stink trap
    Hyponym: bell trap

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “stench trap”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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