Tenement house and Tenement

Tenement house

Tenement house noun - A run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards.
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Tenement is a synonym for tenement house. In some cases you can use "Tenement" instead a noun phrase "Tenement house".

Tenement

Tenement noun - A room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place.
Usage example: an exhibit of pictures showing the tenements of the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen during the 1920s
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Tenement house is a synonym for tenement. You can use "Tenement house" instead a noun "Tenement". popular alternative
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