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tenement house

 

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Noun tenement house has 1 sense
  1. tenement, tenement house - a rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
    --1 is a kind of apartment building, apartment house

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Tenement House

Definition:

A tenement house refers to a large building divided into multiple rented living spaces, typically in an urban area, often characterized by overcrowding and poor living conditions.

Senses:

Sense 1:

Noun - a type of residential building

Example sentence: The tenement house had several floors, each occupied by multiple families.

Sense 2:

Noun - a rented living space within a tenement house

Example sentence: They lived in a small tenement house, sharing a single room with three other tenants.

Sense 3:

Noun - historically, a low-income, multi-family dwelling in cities

Example sentence: The tenement houses in the 19th century were notorious for their cramped and unsanitary conditions.

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