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Definition: Tenement House |
Tenement HouseNoun1. A rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Business | Real property from which the owner derives income by letting it to third parties. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Tenement HouseSynonym: tenement (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | House, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tenement House |
| English words defined with "tenement house": To make one's self at home. (references) |
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![]() | [A view of a tenement house yard].Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | End of the poor Funeral from a tenement house in Baxter Street, Five Points, New York / / from a sketch by our artist.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | A tenement house in Mulberry Street / C.A. Vanderh[..]f. Inspection of fruit in New York markets, by order of the Board of Health / drawn by R. Lewis.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Exterior of tenement house, New York City.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Interior of tenement house, New York City.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | New York City, interior of tenement house.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Court of tenement house, New York City.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tenement house"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | banesë shumëkatshe (tenement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | жилищен дом с евтини квартири (tenement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | èinžovní dùm (apartment house, tenement), èinžák (tenement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udlejningsejendom (leased property, leasehold house, rental building), ejendom til udleje (leased property, leasehold house, rental building). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verhuurd of verpacht onroerend goed (leased property, leasehold house, rental building), huurhuis (hired house, house to let, leased property, leasehold house, rental building, rented house). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vuokrakiinteistö (leased property, leasehold house, rental building). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | immeuble locatif, immeuble donné en location, immeuble de rapport. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zinsgrundstück (leased property, leasehold house, property, rental building), Miethaus (leased property, leasehold house, rental building), Ertragshaus (leased property, leasehold house, rental building). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προσοδοφόρο ακίνητο (leased property, leasehold house, rental building), φθηνή πολυκατοικία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bérház (apartment house, block of flats, land). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | immobili a reddito (leased property, leasehold house, rental building), casa d'affitto (leased property, leasehold house, rental building). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enementtay ousehay imóvel de rendimento (leased property, leasehold house, rental building), casa para alugar (house trailer). (various references) bloc de locuinţe închiriate. (various references) многоквартирный дом (apartment house, mansions). (various references) oronula stambena zgrada (tenement). (various references) hyreshus (apartment house, mansion, mansions). (various references) kiralık ucuz ev. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-e-h-m-n-n-o-s-t-t-u" | |
-4 letters: menthenes, tenements. | |
-5 letters: ententes, housemen, huntsmen, hutments, menthene, stuntmen, tenement, umteenth. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6E 65 6D 65 6E 74      48 6F 75 73 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101110 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01001000 01101111 01110101 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e n e m e n t   H o u s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006E 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074      0048 006F 0075 0073 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)547180717971808624281878571 |
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