council estate

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ˈcouncil esˌtate noun [countable] British English  SGan area in a town or city with streets of council houses 市建住房群，廉租公房区

Examples from the Corpus

council estate• Harry Secombe was the third child of a none-too-successful commercial traveller living on a council estate near Swansea.• I found myself in a grey council estate that faced the river.• Most of the members lived on the council estate and were from working-class or lower-middle-class backgrounds.

ˈcouncil esˌtate nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus a or town area city with in an

council estate
ˈcouncil esˌtate noun [countable] British English
an area in a town or city with streets of council houses

council estateBrE /ˈkaʊnsl ɪsteɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkaʊnsl ɪsteɪt/ 🔊 noun (BrE) a large group of houses built by a local council 地方当局所属地产；地方政府建的住宅群