Chawl
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chawl is a noun meaning A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
Meaning
A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
More Meanings
- (UK, dialectal, of a person) Jaw or cheek.
- (UK, dialectal, of an animal) Jowl; cheek; face.
Example Sentences
I came from a chawl, and when I started out main zyada baat nahi karta tha, mera haath zyada chalta tha (both laugh!
Dhirubhai Ambani's first home in Mumbai was nearly as humble as the ones the gawking labourers inhabit: a pigeonhole chawl four kilometres from Antilia, in the pushcart-clogged trading neighbourhood of Bhuleshwar.
Word Forms
- chawls
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chowk, chhatri, chabutra, tenement, thakurghar, chabootra.
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