slum

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈslʌm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/slʌm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(slum)

Inflections of 'slum' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
slums
v 3rd person singular
slumming
v pres p
slummed
v past
slummed
v past p

slum
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Sense: Noun: poor part of city - often plural
Synonyms:
ghetto Collocations, hood Collocations (Slang), skid row, shanty town, the wrong side of the tracks (informal), poor neighborhood (US), poor area, tenement, run-down neighborhood (US), poverty-stricken neighborhood (US), the projects (US), housing projects, council estate (UK), favela
Sense: Noun: squalid home
Synonyms:
hovel, hole Collocations, hole in the wall (US, informal), dump Collocations (informal), shanty, shack Collocations


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