n. & v.
--n. (pl. -os)
1. a part of a city, esp. a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
2 hist. the Jewish quarter in a city.
3 a segregated group or area.
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed) put or keep (people) in a ghetto.
Phrases and idioms:
ghetto-blaster sl. a large portable radio, esp. used to play loud pop music.
Etymology: perh. f. It. getto foundry (applied to the site of the first ghetto in Venice in 1516)