GHETTO
Scrabble letter values: G2H4E1T1T1O1 = 10
Definition
- noun formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live.
- noun any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping.
- noun a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.
Examples
- “the Warsaw ghetto”
- “the relative security of the gay ghetto”
- “no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool”