housing estatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ ɪˌsteɪt/us/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ ɪˌsteɪt/UK US housing development, US also subdivisionan area containing a large number of houses or apartments built close together at the same time:
They live on/in a housing estate.
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- inner city
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- Speakers' Corner
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- town
- trading estate
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