n.
1.formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
2.any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
3.a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
Idiom of the Day
flare up
to become suddenly angry, to begin again suddenly
The fighting flared up again after the United Nations soldiers left the town.