false bottom
Secret container floor
A false bottom is a partition that conceals a hidden compartment beneath it.
Smugglers use suitcases with false bottoms; magicians use boxes with false bottoms.
The term extends to any deceptive surface that appears to be the true bottom: The market kept finding new false bottoms on its way down.
Deception for financial gain
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- cheatAct dishonestly to win
- shortchangeGive insufficient funds back
rigged · misleading · dishonest · appearance · illusion · trick · manipulation · deceptive
Enclosed subdivision of space
- hiddenKept out of sight
- secretConcealed information
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
covert · stash · contraband · disguised · undetectable · concealed · camouflaged · obscured
swindle
Deception for financial gain
shortchange · rigged · misleading · dishonest · appearance · illusion · trick · manipulation · deceptive · packaging
compartment
Enclosed subdivision of space
clandestine · covert · stash · contraband · disguised · undetectable · concealed · camouflaged · obscured · hollow
trapdoor
Hinged floor panel
- hatchOpening in deck or floor
- hingedConnected by pivot joint
- spring-loadedPowered by compressed coil
pivot · sliding · latch · release · panel · trigger · lever · counterweight · magician · stage
fermenter
Vessel for microbial conversion
- carboyLarge bottle for liquids
- kettleSpouted vessel for heating water
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
yeast · separation · perforated · strainer · filter · wort · homebrew · mash · drainage · clarification
- magic propsmagic wand, wand, top hat, cards, playing cards
- smugglingcontraband, smugglers, human smuggling, smuggling rings, people smuggling
- terrariumsterrarium kit, bottle garden, vivarium, substrate, live plants
- secret stashesstash, cache, hoard, hidden compartment, secret compartment
- Traffickingdrug trafficking, trafficking, trafficker, drug smuggling, smuggling
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
false bottomglass bottom
false, bottom, falsely, falseness, falsify, falsification, falsity, falsehood, bottoms