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housing estate

noun

British.
  1. housing development.



housing estate

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of housing estate1

First recorded in 1915–20
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This was the case at social housing estate Sutton Dwellings in Chelsea, London, which underwent a full refurbishment of its fabric alongside a new heating network.

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It's 07:35 in a smart suburban housing estate in central Scotland and the police are about to turn a family's life upside down.

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Others can be found in places as diverse as housing estates, urban parks, village greens and churchyards.

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A derelict housing estate dubbed "Scotland's Chernobyl" for its eerie ghost-town like appearance is finally about to be razed to the ground.

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They are names that bring illness and disease to mind - but a new Glasgow housing estate is to have its streets named after vaccines, radiography and viruses.

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