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FIRETRAP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does firetrap mean?
• FIRETRAP (noun)
The noun FIRETRAP has 1 sense:
1. a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire
Familiarity information: FIRETRAP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("firetrap" is a kind of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
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