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cat flap en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.
   • Jane had sealed up the cat flap, closed the ever-open window of the laundry, but there the cat somehow managed to be, staring up with a look of dependence. 1988, Fay Weldon, The Heart of the Country, Viking, →ISBN, page 142:
   • Then, one Saturday when Martin was working but Yvonne wasn't, she brought a saw and other tools with which she constructed a hinged "cat flap" in a rear down-stairs door. It meant that the cats were free to come and go at any time, the effect being healthier for the pets and for the household. 1984, Arthur Hailey, Strong Medicine, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 340:
   • I let the cats out because they couldn't be arsed going through the cat flap. They were just sitting in front of the cat flap and yowling. 2006, Louise Rennison, Startled by His Furry Shorts, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 104:

Forms

Relateds

doggie door · pet door

Translations (22)

it gattaiola (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · nrf catchiéthe (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · sv kattlucka (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · es gatera (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · ca gatonera (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · de Katzenklappe (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · pt gateira (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · cmn 寵物門 /宠物门 (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · fi kissanluukku (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · fr chatière (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · ca gatera (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · de Katzentür (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · nl kattengat (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · pl klapka (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · ja ペットドア (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · gl postigo (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · ru коша́чья засло́нка (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · nl kattenluikje (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · ru коша́чья дверь (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · da kattelem (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · gl gateira (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) · el γατόπορτα (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in)