TENEMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does tenement mean? • TENEMENT (noun)
The noun TENEMENT has 1 sense:
1. a rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
Familiarity information: TENEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TENEMENT (noun)
Meaning:
A rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tenement; tenement house
Hypernyms ("tenement" is a kind of...):
apartment building; apartment house (a building that is divided into apartments)
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