estate Definition

1. A large piece of land owned by a person or group of people.

Thesaurus: domain, holdings, land, property, manor, grounds, plantation, territory, realty, dominion, lot.
2. An area of land on which development of a particular kind has taken place, eg houses on a housing estate or factories on an industrial estate.
3. law.
A person's total possessions (property or money, etc), especially at death.
Thesaurus: inheritance, bequest, fortune, endowment, legacy, heritage, effects, earthly possessions, wealth, assets, goods, chattels.
4. An estate car.
5. historical
Any of various groups or classes within the social structure of society, eg the first estate or Lords Spiritual (ie bishops and archbishops), the second estate or Lords Temporal (ie the nobility) and the third estate (the common people).
6. formal or old use
A condition or state.
Example: the holy estate of matrimony
7. A plantation.