industrial estate
noun [C] UK (US industrial park)Definition
› a special area on the edge of a town where there are a lot of factories and businessesAreas in towns and citiesFactories
(Definition of industrial estate noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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