- radar trap
- 'radar trapna set of equipment that uses radar to catch drivers who are going faster than the legal speed limit
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
radar trap
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radar trap — noun A device using radar which enables the police to identify motorists exceeding the speed limit over a particular section of the road (see also ↑speed trap under ↑speed) • • • Main Entry: ↑radar * * * ˈradar trap [radar trap radar traps] … Useful english dictionary
radar trap — radar ,trap noun count a part of a highway where the police use RADAR to find vehicles that are going too fast: SPEED TRAP … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
radar trap — ► NOUN ▪ an area of road in which radar is used by the police to detect speeding vehicles … English terms dictionary
radar trap — /ˈreɪda træp/ (say raydah trap) noun a place beside a road where police have set up radar equipment to detect speeding motorists …
radar trap — noun an area of road in which radar is used by the police to detect speeding vehicles … English new terms dictionary
radar trap — noun (C) a method or set of equipment that uses radar to catch drivers who are going faster than the legal speed … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
radar — n. 1 a system for detecting the direction, range, or presence of aircraft, ships, and other (usu. moving) objects, by sending out pulses of high frequency electromagnetic waves. 2 the apparatus used for this. Phrases and idioms: radar trap the… … Useful english dictionary
radar detector — /ˈreɪda dətɛktə/ (say raydah duhtektuh) noun an illegal device which detects the presence of a police radar trap …
trap — n. device for catching animals or people stratagem for tricking unsuspecting people 1) to bait; set a trap for 2) to spring a trap on 3) to fall into a trap 4) to lure smb. into a trap 5) a booby; death trap; mousetrap; radar, speed trap; a sand… … Combinatory dictionary
radar — /ray dahr/, n. 1. Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns. 2. a means or sense of awareness or… … Universalium
