fire escape

Meaning

1. Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.
2. The entire escape route viewed as a whole.
3. (historical) Any apparatus designed to allow people to escape a burning building, such as a canvas tube for sliding down.

Synonyms

emergency exit

emergency staircase

fire ladder

ladder escape

escape stair

escape exit

emergency outlet

emergency opening

emergency door

fire-escape stair

exit

fire exit

Translations

uscita di sicurezza

scala antincendio

escalier de secours

Feuerleiter

Notausgang

brandtrap

Feuertreppe

saída de incêndio

salida de emergencia

sortie de secours

uscita di emergenza

échelle de sauvetage

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