n. A building with limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire.
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n. a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire
Word Usage
"The move comes after a recent walk-through by federal building inspectors, who told administration officials that the cramped press quarters were a "firetrap" and generally unsafe."