Definition of ghettos

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • ghettos is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • ghettos is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
  • ghettos is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of ghettos


  • any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping (noun)

    Examples

    1. the relative security of the gay ghetto
    2. no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool
  • a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions (noun)
  • formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live (noun)

    Examples

    1. the Warsaw ghetto

See definition of ghettos in Merriam Webster