tenement

CEFRC1

/ˈtɛnɪmənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large building divided into small rented apartments.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A dwelling; abode; habitation.

Examples

  • They live in a rundown tenement on 5th St.

  • Tom grew up in a tenement.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.

  2. A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.

More examples

In context

  • The island of Brecqhou is a tenement of Sark.

  • Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece?

  • He turned into Cumberland street and, going on some paces, halted in the lee of the station wall. No-one. Meade’s timberyard. Piled balks. Ruins and tenements.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English tenement, from Anglo-Norman tenement (“holding”), from Old French tenement, from Medieval Latin tenimentum, from Latin teneō (“hold”).