Slum (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
  2. any squalid, run-down place to live.
verb (used without object), slummed, slum·ming.
  1. to visit slums, especially from curiosity.
  2. to visit or frequent a place, group, or amusement spot considered to be low in social status.
noun
  1. a squalid overcrowded house, etc
  2. a squalid section of a city, characterized by inferior living conditions and usually by overcrowding
  3. of, relating to, or characteristic of slums
verb slums, slumming or slummed (intr)
  1. to visit slums, esp for curiosity
  2. to suffer conditions below those to which one is accustomed
Slum (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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