noun
a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑development
• Part Holonyms: ↑residential district, ↑residential area, ↑community
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Brit.
See housing development.
[1915-20]
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housing estate noun
A planned residential area, esp one built by a local authority
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Main Entry: ↑house
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a large group of houses built at the same time and in the same style, especially one built by local government for people with low incomes to live in
Thesaurus: buildings where people live or stayhyponym
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housing estate,
British. = housing project. (Cf. ↑housing project)
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an area in which a large number of houses or flats/apartments are planned and built together at the same time
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They live on a housing estate.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.