Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, esp. in a poor section of a large city.

Law .

any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another.

tenements, freehold interests in things immovable considered as subjects of property.

British . an apartment or room rented by a tenant.

Archaic . any abode or habitation.

noun

apartment complex , boarding house , coop , cooperative , den * , digs , dump * , flat , high-rise , high-rise apartment building , living quarters , pad * , project housing , rental , slum