housing
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- //ˈhaʊzɪŋ//
- //ˈhaʊsɪŋ//
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
noun
- 1
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
Housing of homeless families is a priority.
- 2
Residences, collectively.
She lives in low-income housing.
- 3
A mechanical component's container or covering.
The gears were grinding against their housing.
- 4
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
- 5
An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
- 6
The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
- 7
A niche for a statue.
- 8
That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
- 9
A houseline.
Etymology
From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).
verb
- 1
Also a form of housepresent participle and gerund of house
We are housing the company's servers in Florida.
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Forms
- plural
- housings
housing · The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
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