old tenement
Frequency: 3.50.1 per million words
A tenement that was built a long time ago.
Categories:
Examples (10)
- The family lived in an old tenement in the Lower East Side.
- Many old tenements were torn down to make way for modern apartments.
- The city is full of old tenements with iron fire escapes.
- He grew up in a drafty old tenement building.
- The artist painted a picture of the old tenement where she once lived.
- Despite being an old tenement, the building had a certain charm.
- They are planning to renovate the old tenement into luxury lofts.
- The fire spread quickly through the old tenement.
- Historical tours often visit the old tenements of the working class.
- Heavy rain caused the roof of the old tenement to leak.