"council house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: council houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} council house (plural council houses)
  1. (UK, Ireland) A house built and operated by local town councils, usually of relatively low price and lived in by the working class and welfare recipients. Tags: Ireland, UK Categories (topical): Housing Related terms: council estate, council-housed, council housing Translations (house built and operated by a local council): kunnan omistama vuokra-asunto (Finnish), sozialer Wohnungsbau [masculine] (German), εργατική κατοικία (ergatikí katoikía) [feminine] (Greek), önkormányzatiház (bér) (tulajdonú) (Hungarian), tŷ cyngor [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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