noun
a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city
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The tenement building was declared a historical landmark due to its architectural significance.
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I used to live in a run-down tenement in the city before I moved to the suburbs.
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The tenement where they threw the party last night was lit!
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The overcrowded tenement of thoughts in her mind made it hard for her to focus.