fire escape

n. A structure or device, such as an outside stairway attached to a building, erected for emergency exit in the event of fire.

fire escape

n (Building) a means of evacuating people from a building in the event of fire, esp a metal staircase outside the building

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n. a metal stairway down an outside wall for escaping from a burning building. [1670–80]

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Noun

fire escape - a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergencyemergency exitstaircase, stairway - a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps

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防火梯

fire escape

→ 防火梯zhCN

fire escape

fire escape,

in architecture, device, either fixed or movable, to facilitate escape from a burning building. In the United States the term usually is applied to the common iron balconies and stairways or ladders that give exterior egress from each floor to the ground. In England the term refers to a portable extension ladder that may be wheeled up to a burning building to enable occupants to escape when ordinary exits are cut off.

Fire escape

A continuous, unobstructed path of egress from a building in case of a fire.

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[′fīr ə‚skāp] (building construction) An outside stairway usually made of steel and used to escape from a building in case of fire.

fire escape

A continuous, unobstructed path of escape from a building for use in case of fire.

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Synonyms for fire escape

noun a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency

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