Dictionary Definition
housing
Noun
1 housing structures collectively; structures in
which people are housed [syn: lodging, living
accommodations]
2 a protective cover designed to contain or
support a mechanical component
3 stable gear consisting of a decorated covering
for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison, trapping, trappings, housings]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From housePronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aʊzɪŋ
Verb
housing- present participle of house
- We are housing the Wik* servers in Florida.
Noun
- The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- Residences,
collectively.
- She lives in low-income housing.
- A mechanical component's container or covering.
- The gears were grinding against their housing.
Synonyms
See also
Extensive Definition
Housing can be:
- To do with dwellings and houses
- A shortened version of the United States Federal Housing Administration
- An enclosure containing some equipment or mechanism
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accommodation, accommodations, architectonic, architectural,
assembly-line housing, berth, billeting, blanket, box, building, cabinet, caparison, case, casing, chassis, cloak, coat, console, constructional, container, cover, coverage, covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, curtain, diggings, digs, dock, domiciliation, doss, drape, drapery, dwelling, edificial, enclosure, guise, habitation, hangar, hanging, home, homes, hood, horse blanket, horsecloth, hospitality, houses, housing bill, housing
development, housing problem, living, living quarters, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, lower-income housing,
mantle, mask, pall, protection, quartering, quarters, radio, radio receiver, radio set,
radio telescope, receiver, receiving set,
rooms, roost, saddle blanket, saddlecloth, screen, set, shed, shelter, shield, shroud, sleeping place, slum
clearance, structural, subdivision, tract, transient lodging, urban
renewal, veil, vestment, wireless, wireless
set