housing estate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of housing estate
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Beneath an unassuming hill just next to a newbuild housing estate there lies a bunker that was designed to keep Wales running in the event of a nuclear attack.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Survivors who escaped the massive blaze that killed 168 people at a Hong Kong housing estate last year told a public hearing Tuesday they still blame themselves for failing to save their neighbours.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
The article used a photo of a group of South Asian men in tracksuits next to a coach in a housing estate.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
The sun is setting over Ilubirin, a half-finished housing estate being constructed on sand-filled land reclaimed from the swampy Lagos lagoon.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 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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