slum

🇺🇸 /slʌm/ 🇬🇧 /slʌm/
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noun
R

A poor area of a city with bad housing.

Many children grow up in the slum areas of big cities.

verb
R

To live or spend time in poor conditions.

They chose to slum in cheap hostels to save money.

translation

n. A poor area of a city with bad housing.
v. To live or spend time in poor conditions.

Word Forms

3rd Present slums
Past slummed
Perfect slummed
Progressive slumming
Plural slums