Firetrap

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A building that is dangerously flammable and/or has limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire. informal
  2. 2
    a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
booby trapdeadfalldecoyginminemousetrap

Etymology

From fire + trap.

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