overspill estate

noun

A housing estate planned and built for the rehousing of people from decaying inner city areas, usually as part of the process of slum clearance.

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Meanings

nounoverspill estate (plural overspill estates)

plural overspill estates

  1. A housing estate planned and built for the rehousing of people from decaying inner city areas, usually as part of the process of slum clearance.
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