GHETTO as NOUN

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

    Hypernyms(s) ghetto is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live

    Usage Example(s)
    • the Warsaw ghetto

    Hypernyms(s) ghetto is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping

    Usage Example(s)
    • the relative security of the gay ghetto
    • no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool

    Hypernyms(s) ghetto is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower