| Main Entry: | ghetto |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slum |
Synonyms: |
public squalor, rundown section of a city |
| Notes: | a slum and a ghetto are different - if everyone is ethnically similar, it is a ghetto and if everyone is basically poor, it is a slum |
| Main Entry: | slum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghetto |
Synonyms: |
blighted area, public squalor, run-down neighborhood, shanty town, skid row, tenement housing |