how to pronounce traps

/ˈtɹæps/

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traps is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of traps in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and they placed live animal traps on the …”

meanings of traps

noun:

Initialism of TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome.
Plural of trap.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trap.

traps frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word traps occurs in english on average 4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics traps can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that traps can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;