From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcouncil estateˈcouncil esˌtate noun [countable] British English SGan area in a town or city with streets of council houses
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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. 