fire escape
Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building…Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.
» Tom pointed to the fire escape.
Фома указал на пожарный выход.
Фома указал на запасной выход.
Фома показал на аварийный выход.
Фома показал на эвакуационный выход.
Meaning
3 sensesAny of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.
Notausgang
пожа́рная ле́стницаpožárnaja léstnica
a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency
The entire escape route viewed as a whole.
Notausgang
(historical)Any apparatus designed to allow people to escape a burning building, such as a canvas tube for sliding down.
Examples
8 sentencesTom pointed to the fire escape.
ruФома указал на пожарный выход. — Lenin_1917
Knowing where the fire escape is in a hotel may save your life.
Tom climbed down the fire escape.
ruТом спустился вниз по пожарной лестнице. — odexed
This building has a fire escape.
Sami was on the fire escape.
Translations
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Forms
plural: fire escapes| Singular | fire escape |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency:emergency exit