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noun
A building that is dangerously flammable and/or has limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: building, edifice
History
From fire + trap.
