plural tenements
: a large building that has apartments or rooms for rent and that is usually in a poorer part of a city
inner-city tenements
a tenement building/apartment
called also tenement house
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“Tenement.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/tenement. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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