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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
firetrap
noun
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▪ 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 a glowing gem?
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
firetrap

also fire-trap, "place at great risk of destruction by fire and with insufficient means of escape," 1882, from fire (n.) + trap (n.).

Wiktionary
firetrap

n. (context informal English) A building with limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire.

WordNet
firetrap

n. a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire

Wikipedia
Firetrap

Firetrap is a British clothing company, founded in 1993, specialising in premium menswear and accessories. It was the main brand within the WDT company (World Design and Trade), which also owned its sister brand Fullcircle along with previous brands SC51 and Sonnetti.

Owned by Mike Ashley, Firetrap is now part of the Sports Direct group of global brands like Sondico, Lonsdale, Karrimor, etc.

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!