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Tenement

British pronunciation/tˈɛnəmənt/
American pronunciation/ˈtɛnəmənt/
Tenement
[NOUN]
1

a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

synonyms : tenement house
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2

a large building consisting of several apartments, particularly in a poor neighborhood

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Examples
1I live at tenement.
2I grew up in tenement buildings in the inner city.
3They lived in a tenement building.
4In the same tenements, a story like this can happen as well.
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