slum
[noun]
Synonyms: hovel, ghetto

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Related Idioms: desolation row, the wrong side of the tracks
Related Words: slumdom, slumland, tobacco road, tenderloin, skid row, ghetto, hive, kennel, rookery, warren

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English Thesaurus: area, region, zone, district, the business/financial/theatre etc district, ...

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I. slum¹ /slʌm/ noun

1. [countable] a house or an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where very poor people live:
a slum area
slum housing
the slums of London

2. [singular] British English informal a very untidy place

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II. slum² verb
slum it/be slumming informal to spend time in conditions that are much worse than you are used to – often used humorously:
Jeremy doesn’t slum it when he goes away.

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slum
noun
ADJ. crowded, overcrowded, teeming | deprived, poor, poverty-stricken | filthy | notorious | city, inner-city, urban | tenement | rural
VERB + SLUM clear (away), demolish, knock down, remove
SLUM + NOUN conditions | area, district, ghetto, neighbourhood, street | dwelling, housing, property | clearance | children, kids, dwellers, youths | life | landlord
PREP. in a/the ~ born in the slums of East London
PHRASES the clearance/demolition/removal of slums

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area a part of a town or country, or of the world:
They live in a very wealthy area.
coastal areas
region a large area of a country or the world:
the northwest region of Russia
desert regions
zone an area that is different from other areas around it in some way:
a war zone
a no-parking zone
We crossed two different time zonesareas where there is a particular time compared to the rest of the world.
district one of the areas a city or town is officially divided into, or an area of a city where a particular group live or an activity happens:
the Chelsea district of Manhattan
⇒ the business/financial/theatre etc district:
the financial district of London
neighbourhood British English
, neighborhood American English /ˈneɪbəhʊd $ -ər-/ an area of a town where people live:
a friendly neighbourhood
There are lots of trees in our neighborhood.
suburb an area outside the centre of a city, where people live:
a suburb of Boston
quarter an area of a town or city where people of a particular nationality live:
the French quarter of New Orleans
slum an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where many poor people live:
He grew up in the slums of East London.
ghetto an area of a city where poor people of a particular race or class live:
a black baby born in the ghetto

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