🏚️Slum

noun

/slʌm/

Meaning

a poor urban area with substandard housing and squalid conditions

The government is working to improve conditions in the slum.

ghetto, shantytown, favela, tenement

suburb, mansion, palace, estate

urban slum, slum dweller, slum clearance

An official order, proclamation, or decree issued by an authority.

A system of administration marked by official rules, procedures, and hierarchy.

a person who supports, promotes, or explains an idea; in math, a symbol denoting power

The act of a slave owner freeing their slaves.

a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning

a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans