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One could argue different terminology for typography, since there is no one definitive lexicon.
In my experience, the sample you showed employs what people have indeed identified as "ink traps"
On press, we always referred to them as "ink wells", given their form (long and narrowing cuts), and the fact that the "spread" is he amount of increase in size of an image to create an ink trap (which is vastly a different term use).
One may also consider the shape of the "well" or "trap" in choosing the terminology. for example, some of the features of Bell Centennial, the more ciruclar forms of the excess negative area in the joinery, are often referred to as "light wells" given that they dont fill with ink and instead provide excess light to help spearate the parts of the letter.
but again, tomato/tomato.