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housing estate

American  

noun

British.

  1. housing development.

housing estate British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of housing estate

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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Chan also earmarked US$510 million for long-term housing arrangements for people displaced in a deadly housing estate fire last year.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Officials also announced that some of the exterior netting used on scaffolding at the housing estate did not meet fire-resistance standards.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

Some have lived in the subsidised housing estate since it was built.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

It engulfed seven of the eight buildings - comprising 1,800 units - in Wang Fuk Court, a subsidised housing estate built in 1983 to the north of Hong Kong Island, where the city's wealthy live.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

The sound of a housing estate in the morning is audible a long way off.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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