Meaning & use
industrial estate
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Meaning
nouncountableBritish
An area of land planned and set aside for factories, warehouses and similar businesses.
Grammar: Takes an or the: on an industrial estate.
Patterns
- on an industrial estate
The company moved to a new industrial estate on the edge of town.
There are several warehouses on the industrial estate.
Traffic on the industrial estate is heavy in the mornings.
Word forms
| plural | industrial estates |
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Common combinations
- on an industrial estate
- The garage is on an industrial estate.
- build an industrial estate
- The council plans to build an industrial estate nearby.
- trading estate
- A trading estate is a similar area, often with smaller shops.
- local industrial estate
- He works at the local industrial estate.
- industrial estate unit
- They rented a unit on the industrial estate.
Synonyms and how they differ
- industrial park
- Industrial park is the American phrase, and it often sounds greener and more planned.
- trading estate
- Trading estate is the British term that can include shops and showrooms as well as factories.
- business park
- Business park suggests offices and technology firms more than heavy industry.
Word family
- industry noun
- manufacturing and related business
- industrial adjective
- relating to industry
- industrialize verb
- to develop industry
- industrialization noun
- the process of developing industry
Commonly confused: industrial estate or housing estate?
industrial estate vs housing estate
A housing estate is a planned area of homes, not workplaces.
Practice
A British speaker says her office is on an industrial estate. Where is it?
Choose one answer.
An industrial estate is a planned area for businesses and light industry. The other options use different meanings of estate or building types.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “industrial estate”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.