fire escape
English
Noun
fire escape (plural fire escapes)
- Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.
- 1975, Private Eye, number 340–366, page 198:
- Eight ladies with Ugandan associations had ascended the fire escape and were making their way through his room.
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- The entire escape route viewed as a whole.
- (historical) Any apparatus designed to allow people to escape a burning building, such as a canvas tube for sliding down.
Synonyms
- emergency escape
- emergency exit
- emergency stairs
- fire stairs
Translations
emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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emergency escape route
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Anagrams
- escape fire