flypaper

A noun referring to a strip or sheet of paper that is coated with a sticky or poisonous substance, used to trap and kill flies.

• 🇩🇪Ein mit klebrigem oder giftigem Stoff beschichteter Papierstreifen oder Bogen, der zum Fangen und Töten von Fliegen verwendet wird.

1. Sticky paper for catching flies B1 formal

   A strip or sheet of paper coated with a sticky substance, often containing a mild poison, used to trap and kill flies.

   • The kitchen had a strip of flypaper hanging from the ceiling.
   • Flypaper is an old-fashioned but effective way to control flies.
   • He carefully removed the flypaper covered in dead insects.

   🇩🇪Fliegenfänger

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• flypaper's possessive singular form