council estate

English

Noun

council estate (plural council estates)

(UK) A housing estate consisting, entirely or principally, of council housing.
Synonyms: council housing estate, (Scotland) scheme
- 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:
  A person who has grown up in a council housing estate is likely to be—indeed, visibly is—more middle class in outlook than a person who has grown up in a slum.

Related terms

council house

Translations

a housing estate consisting of council housing

Finnish: kaupungin vuokra-asuntoalue
Irish: eastát comhairle m, eastát tithíochta comhairle m
Polish: budownictwo komunalne n
Welsh: stad cyngor m, ystad cyngor m

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