ghetto

/ɡɛtoʊ/ noun
6 letters2 syllables10 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
NOUN
1

Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping.

“the relative security of the gay ghetto”

“no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool”

2

A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.

3

Formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live.

“the Warsaw ghetto”

WORD FORMS
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