housing estate

noun

, British.

1. housing development.

housing estate

noun

1. a planned area of housing, often with its own shops and other amenities

Word History and Origins

Origin of housing estate¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Today, water company engineers are working underneath housing estates with all the disruption and expense that entails.

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The wheelchair and tent are on Overbury Street, overlooked by a housing estate, with the cordon stretching on to Rushmore Road.

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A suspected World War Two bomb found at a housing estate in Newtownards in County Down is to be "dealt with on site", police have said.

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A planned controlled explosion at a housing estate where a suspected World War Two bomb was discovered is causing "a lot of anxiety," one resident has said.

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Residents of a housing estate say they have installed dozens of bat boxes in a bid to delay a proposed major redevelopment.

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