Definition of tenement Tenement
/tɛˈnʌmʌnt/ - [tenumunt] - ten•e•ment
We found 10 definitions of tenement from 6 different sources.
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What does tenement mean?
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NounPlural: tenements |
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| tenement - a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards | ||
| tenement house | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tenement (n.)
That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee. - tenement (n.)
Any species of permanent property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also free / frank tenements. - tenement (n.)
A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one family; often, a house erected to be rented. - tenement (n.)
Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tenement
ten′e-ment, n. anything held, or that may be held, by a tenant: a dwelling or habitation, or part of it, used by one family: one of a set of apartments in one building, each occupied by a separate family.—adjs. Tenement′al; Tenement′ary
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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tenement
A widow's weeds; also an atchievement marking the death of a husband, set up on the outside of a mansion: both supposed to indicate that the dolorous widow wants a male comforter.
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🔤- tenement, noun, singular of tenements.
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