Usually means: Densely populated, underdeveloped urban area.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word slum:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. slum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. slum: Merriam-Webster
  3. slum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. slum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. slum: Collins English Dictionary
  6. slum: Vocabulary.com
  7. Slum, slum: Wordnik
  8. slum: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. slum: Wiktionary
  10. slum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. slum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. slum: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. slum: Dictionary.com
  14. slum: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. slum: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Slum (film), Slum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Slum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. slum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. slum: Rhymezone
  20. slum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. Slum: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  22. slum: FreeDictionary.org
  23. slum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. slum: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. slum: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slum: Financial dictionary

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  1. slum: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. slum, slum, slum, slum, slum, slum, slum, slum: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Slum: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. slum: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sluming as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (countable, derogatory) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
noun:  (slang, uncountable) Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.
verb:  (intransitive) To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.
verb:  (intransitive, UK, slang, dated) To saunter about in a disreputable manner.
noun:  (slang) Slumgullion; a meat-based stew.
noun:  (UK, obsolete, slang) Nonsense; humbug.

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