fire escape
noun
: a device for escape from a burning building
especially
: a metal stairway attached to the outside of a building
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Ilana Glazer is Zooming in from her makeshift office, aka the fire escape of the Winter Garden Theatre.
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
Evelyn made her way down the fire escape more cautiously than Moira, then hesitated at the bottom.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
Going more than two feet and six inches over the sidewalk, or about the width of a classic fire escape, means cutting into the interior space.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Feb. 2025
According to Marcia, the dogs followed the scent to a large window that looked out to the street — and led to a fire escape.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
Evelyn made her way down the fire escape more cautiously than Moira, then hesitated at the bottom.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
Going more than two feet and six inches over the sidewalk, or about the width of a classic fire escape, means cutting into the interior space.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Feb. 2025
According to Marcia, the dogs followed the scent to a large window that looked out to the street — and led to a fire escape.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fire escape
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“Fire escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20escape. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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