FIRE ESCAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fire escape mean? 

• FIRE ESCAPE (noun)
  The noun FIRE ESCAPE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FIRE ESCAPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRE ESCAPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

emergency exit; fire escape

Hypernyms ("fire escape" is a kind of...):

staircase; stairway (a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps)