council estatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkaʊn.səl ɪˌsteɪt/us/ˈkaʊn.səl ɪˌsteɪt/UK US housing projectan area of a city in which there are council houses and apartments:
She was brought up on a council estate in Liverpool.
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- housing estate
- inner city
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- Speakers' Corner
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- town
- trading estate
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