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housing
1[ hou-zing ]
noun
- any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place.
- houses collectively.
- the act of one who houses or puts under shelter.
- the providing of houses for a group or community:
the housing of an influx of laborers.
- anything that covers or protects.
- Machinery. a fully enclosed case and support for a mechanism.
- Carpentry. the space made in one piece of wood, or the like, for the insertion of another.
- Nautical.
- a niche for a statue.
housing
2[ hou-zing ]
noun
- a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament.
- housings, the trappings on a horse.
housing
1/ ˈhaʊzɪŋ /
housing
2/ ˈhaʊzɪŋ /
noun
- houses or dwellings collectively
- ( as modifier )
a housing problem
- the act of providing with accommodation
- a hole, recess, groove, or slot made in one wooden member to receive another
- a part designed to shelter, cover, contain, or support a component, such as a bearing, or a mechanism, such as a pump or wheel
a motor housing
a wheel housing
a bearing housing
- another word for houseline
Word History and Origins
Origin of housing1
Origin of housing2
Word History and Origins
Origin of housing1
Example Sentences
Today, in 70 percent of the areas in which it is legal to build housing, it is only legal to build single-family homes.
Wilbourn, who left the housing authority in October 2019, declined interview requests from The Capital and ProPublica while she was leading the agency and after she departed.
A federal Bureau of Prisons facility in downtown San Diego is the site of nearly 50 coronavirus cases as of late last week after a group of people in a single housing unit were infected with the virus.
Again, it would mean the city didn’t need to borrow a big chunk of money and would eventually own a building capable of housing hundreds of employees for decades.
Every person in the housing unit has now been tested, said Bureau of Prisons spokesman Justin Long in an e-mail.
They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher.
He first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.
He stopped at one point to ask someone directions to a particular housing development.
Gurley was gunned down on Nov. 20, when a pair of cops was patrolling the rough housing project.
They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.
Large-scale housing is primarily for married people with growing families.
(ii) There are many similar housing settlements in New Zealand.
In quickly settled housing areas this community spirit has not yet had time to develop.
Housing the Imp, he quietly crossed the lawn to the window, avoiding any sound of footsteps on the gravelled paths.
But when I inquired there they informed me that they were housing no English duchess.
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