slum
slum definition
slum (slum)
noun
- a usually heavily populated area of a city, characterized by poverty, poor housing, etc.
- something considered to be like a slum, as in being dilapidated or dirty
Etymology: c. 1800 < cant: orig. sense, a room < ?
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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