Definition of TENEMENT

tenement

Plural: tenements

Noun

  • A multi-unit apartment building, often old and run-down.
  • a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
  • A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
  • Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.
  • A dwelling; abode; habitation.

Examples

  • The island of Brecqhou is a tenement of Sark.
  • The Scrabble board, with its many intersecting words, looked like a TENEMENT of letters.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English tenement, from Anglo-Norman tenement (“holding”), from Old French tenement, from Medieval Latin tenimentum, from Latin teneō (“hold”).

Synonyms

tenement house, apartment building

Scrabble Score: 10

tenement: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tenement: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tenement: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

tenement: valid Words With Friends Word