Fire door

/fˈaɪə dˈɔː/

/fˈaɪɚ dˈoːɹ/

[noun]

Fire door

[NOUN]

a specialized door designed to prevent the spread of fire and smoke within a building

Examples

1. In one instance a set of fire doors was blocked by a parked car outside the building a car that, with horrible irony, belonged to Summerland's Safety Officer.

2. To deal with this risk, watertight fire doors were fitted into all building connections.

3. Got that fire door open and got them out so that they could get to the outside.

4. In 2003, a set of fire doors on the ground kept opening mysteriously on their own, then closing before authorities arrived to investigate.