Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun steel_trap

2 senses of steel trap

Sense 1
steel trap -- (an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps); "he's as sharp as a steel trap"; "a mind like a steel trap")
       => acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness -- (a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind")

Sense 2
steel trap -- (a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey)
       => trap -- (a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned)