Home › Words › B › birdtrapbirdtrapbirdtrap means A trap designed or used to catch wild birds.EtymologyFrom bird + trap.nounA trap designed or used to catch wild birds.e.g.“He talked about hunting and shooting, and told me how unfair it was that Ole Gjortler, who really belonged to Gjerdrum parish, should set his bird-traps on Solberg Common[.]” — 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 26:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.birdcatching 78% match — The trapping of birds. vs birdtrap →birdcatcher 74% match — Someone who catches or ensnares birds; a fowler. vs birdtrap →beartrap 71% match — A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap. vs birdtrap →shrap 68% match — A place baited with chaff to entice birds. vs birdtrap →calaban 67% match — A trap for birds or animals, consisting of a box propped up with bait underneath. vs birdtrap →flytrap 64% match — A trap built to catch flies. vs birdtrap →birdcage 64% match — A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in. vs birdtrap →betrap 63% match — To catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; enclose. vs birdtrap →