What is "slum" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does slum mean in English? Meaning of slum definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "slum" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "slum": a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions

Noun

  • Meaning: a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
  • Synonyms: slum slum area
  • Hyponyms: shantytown skid row
  • Hypernyms: city district
  • Meaning of "slum": spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive

    Verb

  • Meaning: spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
  • Example: attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century
  • Synonyms: slum
  • Hypernyms: pass spend
  • Synonyms:

    skid row, blighted area, public squalor, run-down neighborhood, shanty town, tenement housing,

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