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council estates

council estates is the plural of council estate.

Meaning of council estate

Noun

council estate (plural council estates)

  1. (UK) A housing estate consisting, entirely or principally, of council housing.
    • 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.1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn

Questions about council estates

What is council estates the plural of?
Council estates is the plural of council estate.

Words near council estates in the dictionary

  1. council area
  2. council areas
  3. Council Bluffs
  4. council communism
  5. council estate
  6. council estates
  7. Council Grove
  8. council house
  9. council houses
  10. council housing
  11. council housing estate

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