🔤 Tenements ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
rihaishi imarat, ghareebon ke chote makaan, chawl
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ENGLISH
📚noun
tenements
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈtɛn.ə.mənts/
Phonetic: /ten uh munts/
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DEFINITION
large run-down apartment buildings divided into individual rooms or flats, typically occupied by lower-income tenants
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Urban reformers in the late nineteenth century campaigned to improve overcrowded tenements.
Many immigrant families initially settled in the inner-city tenements.
Historical museums preserve restored apartments to showcase life in early tenements.
City ordinances were passed to enforce safety standards in aging tenements.
The neighborhood replaced dilapidated tenements with modern affordable housing.
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SYNONYMS
apartment buildings apartment blocks rooming houses boarding houses
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ANTONYMS
mansions single family homes
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