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council houses

council houses is the plural of council house.

Meaning of council house

Noun

council house (plural council houses)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A house built and operated by a county council or a town council, usually of relatively low price and lived in by the working class and welfare recipients.
    • The modern council house, with its bathroom and electric light, is smaller than the stockbroker's villa, but it is recognizably the same kind of house, which the farm labourer’s cottage is not.1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn

Questions about council houses

What is council houses the plural of?
Council houses is the plural of council house.

Words near council houses in the dictionary

  1. council communism
  2. council estate
  3. council estates
  4. Council Grove
  5. council house
  6. council houses
  7. council housing
  8. council housing estate
  9. council housing estates
  10. Council of Europe
  11. Council of Trent

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