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HOUSING ESTATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("housing estate" is a kind of...):
development (a district that has been developed to serve some purpose)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Holonyms ("housing estate" is a part of...):
community; residential area; residential district (a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences)