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🏚️Slum

noun
/slʌm/
sluice slumber

Meaning

a poor urban area with substandard housing and squalid conditions

Example Sentences

The government is working to improve conditions in the slum.

Synonyms

ghetto, shantytown, favela, tenement

Antonyms

suburb, mansion, palace, estate

Collocations

urban slum, slum dweller, slum clearance

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