slums

We have found lemma(root) word of slums : slum.

Definitions


[slʌm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people
(e.g: inner-city slums)


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Origin:
early 19th century (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin


[slʌm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- spend time at a lower social level than one's own through curiosity or for charitable purposes
(e.g: he bought some second-hand clothes, and slummed among the metropolis's underprivileged)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin




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