The U-bend under every sink
Plumbers go to the trouble of bending the pipe into a U, which seems to make draining harder.
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Feature. The water that stays is a seal.
A trap keeps a little water sitting in the bend after the sink empties. That plug of water blocks sewer gas from rising back into the room.
Source: Trap (plumbing), Wikipedia.