slum (noun)

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• slum — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ crowded, overcrowded, teeming ▪ sprawling, vast ▪ poor ▪ filthy ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• slum — ► NOUN 1) a squalid and overcrowded urban area inhabited by very poor people. 2) a house or building unfit for human habitation. ► VERB (slummed, slumming) (often slum it) informal ▪ voluntarily spend time in uncomfortable conditions or at a… …   English terms dictionary

• slum — /slʌm / (say slum) noun 1. (often plural) an overpopulated, squalid part of a city, inhabited by the poorest people. 2. a squalid street, place, dwelling, or the like. 3. Mining mine tailings. –adjective 4. of or relating to a slum: slum area;… …  

• slum´ber|er — slum|ber «SLUHM buhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to sleep; sleep lightly; doze. 2. Figurative. a) to be like a person asleep; be inactive: »slumbering anger. »The volcano had slumbered for years. b) to be negligently inactive: »to slumber while one s… …   Useful english dictionary

• slum|ber — «SLUHM buhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to sleep; sleep lightly; doze. 2. Figurative. a) to be like a person asleep; be inactive: »slumbering anger. »The volcano had slumbered for years. b) to be negligently inactive: »to slumber while one s enemies… …   Useful english dictionary

• slum area — noun a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑slum • Derivationally related forms: ↑slummy (for: ↑slum), ↑slum (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• slum|dom — «SLUHM duhm», noun. 1. the condition of being a slum: »Neglected, this property will slip by degrees into slumdom (London Times). 2. the people living in a slum …   Useful english dictionary

• slum — noun a squalid and overcrowded urban area inhabited by very poor people. ↘a house in such an area. verb (slums, slumming, slummed) (often slum it) informal voluntarily spend time in uncomfortable conditions or at a lower social level than one s… …   English new terms dictionary

• slum-dweller — slumˈ dweller noun • • • Main Entry: ↑slum …   Useful english dictionary

• slum|dwell|er — «SLUHM DWEHL uhr», noun. a person who lives in a slum …   Useful english dictionary

• slum|gul|lion — «sluhm GUHL yuhn». noun. 1. a stew of meat and vegetables, usually potatoes and onions. 2. Mining. the thick and sticky refuse of the sluice boxes, generally of red, iron bearing clay and water. 3. Slang. a low, worthless fellow. ╂[perhaps <… …   Useful english dictionary