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fire escape


fire escape

noun

Definition of FIRE ESCAPE

: a device for escape from a burning building; especially : a metal stairway attached to the outside of a building
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First Known Use of FIRE ESCAPE

1788

Rhymes with FIRE ESCAPE

bias tape, cityscape, friction tape, ticker tape, waterscape, xeriscape, audiotape

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