tenement
(tenəmənt )
Word forms: tenements
1. countable noun
A tenement is a large, old building which is divided into a number of individual flats.
...elegant tenement buildings.
2. countable noun
A tenement is one of the flats in a tenement.
...the cramped Edinburgh tenement in which Connery grew up.
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Collocations:
tenement block
Much of the action takes place within the cramped confines of a tenement block, notably on the roof used to dry laundry.
Times, Sunday Times
Released 40 years ago this week, the lavish packaging allowed purchasers to peer through the imposing tenement block windows at differing images, depending on how they arranged the inner sleeves.
The Sun
When the couple are eventually ready to leave, the area lights up and everyone from the tenement blocks comes out to see them.
Times, Sunday Times
It was designed to force people to close and lock their doors (usually a main entrance door or gate leading into a common yard or tenement block).
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Predictably enough, they lived in the crumbling tenement blocks owned by the rich.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 旧式公寓大楼
Japanese: 棟割長屋
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