industrial estate

American

noun

British.

industrial park.

industrial estate British

noun

US equivalent: industrial park. another name for trading estate

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Etymology

Origin of industrial estate

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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A large plume of smoke hanging in the sky above the industrial estate gave a sense of the fire's scale.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Yopougon has a large black economy and the local industrial estate "only offers very seasonal and fairly insecure job opportunities", Kouame explained.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

But rather than leave the area, they moved about a mile further out of town to a woodland next to an industrial estate.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

She said it was found propping open a door in a Highland Council unit on an industrial estate in Balintore, about 14 miles from Invergordon.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

At an anonymous industrial estate on the outskirts of London, a queue of police vans and empty lorries block the usual flow of lunchtime traffic.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

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