1. a poor area on the edge of a city where people live in small, roughly built houses

Examples

• The earthquake victims were forced to live in a shantytown outside the city.
• Many families in the shantytown lack access to clean water and electricity.
• The government promised to improve conditions in the sprawling shantytown.
• She grew up in a shantytown but worked hard to get an education.
• The shantytown expanded rapidly as more people moved to the city seeking work.
• Aid workers distributed food and medicine in the shantytown.
• The makeshift houses in the shantytown were built from scrap metal and wood.