trap door
Hidden floor exit
A trap door is a hinged or sliding door set into a floor, ceiling, or stage.
The concealment is key—trap doors allow sudden appearances, disappearances, or access to hidden spaces: The magician vanished through a trap door.
In computing, a trap door (or backdoor) is a hidden method of bypassing security to gain unauthorized access to a system.
- secret passageConcealed route through structure
- escape hatchEmergency exit opening
- hatchOpening in deck or floor
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
stage machinery · cover · oubliette · spider hole · stagecraft · entrance · rigging · entryway · theatrical illusion · exit · emergency egress · opening · cache · spider · scene transitions · trick · floor · passage
- secret passagessecret passage, hidden panel, hidden staircase, hidden path, underground tunnel
- pigeon loft partsnesting boxes, nesting box, perches, perch, feeders
- doorsFrench doors, sliding doors, glass doors, double doors, interior doors
- hidden roomspanic room, safe room, priest hole, secret passage, hidden chamber
- slapstickpratfall, banana peel, pie throw, falling down, custard pie
- theater partsstage, curtain, seats, seat, balcony
trap doormain entrance
Principal point of entry
front door · grand entrance · lobby · foyer · public entrance
trap doorstaircase
Indoor flight of steps
stairs · stairway · grand staircase · flight of stairs · ladder
trap dooremergency exit
Urgent departure route
fire exit · escape route · welcome mat · accessible entrance · evacuation route