council estate

English

Noun

council estate (plural council estates)

1. (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