Meaning Of The Word Slum

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slum
A slum is an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition.
If someone is slumming it or is slumming, they are spending time in a place or in conditions that are at a much lower social level than they are used to.

slum in American English
a usually heavily populated area of a city, characterized by poverty, poor housing, etc.
to visit or tour slums, esp. for reasons held to be condescending
intransitive verb: to visit slums, esp. from curiosity
noun: a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people

slum in British English
noun: a squalid overcrowded house, etc
verb: to visit slums, esp for curiosity

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