noun

tenement

TEH-nih-muhnt

noun

A large building divided into flats and rented out to multiple tenants, often old or run-down.

"The family shared a cramped tenement flat on the fourth floor."

How to Use Tenement

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAn apartment building, often old and crowded, rented out to many different tenants.

Common pairings

tenement building tenement flat tenement block

tenements plural

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The family shared a cramped _____ flat on the fourth floor.

From Old French tenement ("holding"), from Medieval Latin tenimentum, from Latin tenere ("to hold").

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