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SLUM AREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
Synonyms:
slum; slum area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("slum area" is a kind of...):
city district (a district of a town or city)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slum area"):
shantytown (a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties)
skid row (a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts)
