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Major insurance risk
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firetrap
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Word definitions for firetrap in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also fire-trap , "place at great risk of destruction by fire and with insufficient means of escape," 1882, from fire (n.) + trap (n.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It seemed impossible that there could be anything of interest to him in this firetrap of dried papers and cardboard. ▪ Or the architect, contractor and 27 subcontractors and their crews who transformed a gutted firetrap into ...
Usage examples of firetrap.
According to the fire inspector at the scene, there was no sign of firetraps, no gasoline or other flammables, and no sign of obstacles placed so as to impede the work of the firemen.
None of the miserable fleabitten overpriced understaffed crowded smelly firetraps near the river.
The plan called for defense of the inner cities, but only as firetraps, hell holes to slaughter Posleen.
Firetraps built for flash, with other people's uncorrectable mistakes built into them!