cat flap

noun

A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.

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Meanings

nouncat flap (plural cat flaps)

plural cat flaps · alternative cat-flap · alternative catflap

  1. A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.

    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
    2 more examples

    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

    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

Translations

Catalan gatonera, gatera
  • gatonerasmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
  • gaterasmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Chinese Mandarin 寵物門 /宠物门
  • 寵物門 /宠物门 (chǒngwùmén)small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Danish kattelem
  • kattelemsmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Dutch kattengat, kattenluikje
  • kattengatsmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
  • kattenluikjesmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Finnish kissanluukku
  • kissanluukkusmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
French chatière
  • chatièresmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
German Katzenklappe, Katzentür
  • Katzenklappesmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
  • Katzentürsmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Greek γατόπορτα
  • γατόπορτα (gatóporta)small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Italian gattaiola
  • gattaiolasmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Japanese ペットドア
  • ペットドア (petto doa)small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Polish klapka
  • klapkasmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Portuguese gateira
  • gateirasmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Russian коша́чья засло́нка, коша́чья дверь
  • коша́чья засло́нка (košáčʹja zaslónka)small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
  • коша́чья дверь (košáčʹja dverʹ)small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Spanish gatera
  • gaterasmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
Swedish kattlucka
  • kattluckasmall hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in
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“cat flap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat%20flap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cat flap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat%20flap.

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