housing estate

noun

British
: housing development

Examples of housing estate in a Sentence

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The Gurnos housing estate in Merthyr Tydfil. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 May 2026 The classic footballing upbringing is playing the game on narrow streets, five-a-side pitches near housing estates or tight school playgrounds. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 The connected network of poles allowed the blaze to move between buildings, an event described as rare in Hong Kong’s dense housing estates. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025 The inferno rapidly spread in a public housing estate in the city’s Tai Po neighborhood on Wednesday, trapping people inside. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for housing estate

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of housing estate was in 1904

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housing development
housing estate
housing project
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“Housing estate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20estate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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