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 Definitions of Housing  [ˈhaʊ zɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'Housing' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) housing
any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place.

2.  housing
houses collectively.

3.  housing
the providing of houses or shelter.

4.  housing
anything that covers or protects; casing.

5.  housing
a fully enclosed case and support for a mechanism.

6.  housing
the space made in one piece of wood, or the like, for the insertion of another.

7.  housing
Naut.

8.  housing
the portion of a mast below the deck.

9.  housing
the portion of a bowsprit aft of the forward part of the stem of a vessel.

10.  housing
a niche for a statue.

11. (n.) housing
caparison (def. 1).

Etymology:  (1915–20)

Definition of 'Housing' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) housing, lodging, living accommodations
structures collectively in which people are housed

2. (noun) housing
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

3. (noun) caparison, trapping, housing
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse


Definition of 'Housing' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) housing
houses, apartments, etc. in general
rising housing prices; student/military housing; new affordable housing


Definition of 'Housing' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Housing
the act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation

2. (noun) Housing
that which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively

3. (noun) Housing
the space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another

4. (noun) Housing
a niche for a statue

5. (noun) Housing
a frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc

6. (noun) Housing
that portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel

7. (noun) Housing
a covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up

8. (noun) Housing
a houseline. See Houseline

9. (noun) Housing
a cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings

10. (noun) Housing
an appendage to the hames or collar of a harness

11.  Housing
of House


Definition of 'Housing' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Housing
Living facilities for humans.


Translation of 'Housing' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: houses
These flats will provide housing for the immigrants.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: behuising Arabic flag Arabic: إسْكان، مَسْكِن، بيوت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: жилище
Brazilian flag Brazilian: alojamento Czech flag Czech: ubytování German flag German: die Unterkunft
Danish flag Danish: bolig Greek flag Greek: στέγαση Spanish flag Spanish: alojamiento
Estonian flag Estonian: elamispind Farsi flag Farsi: محل اقامت Finnish flag Finnish: asunto
French flag French: logement Hebrew flag Hebrew: דִיוּר Hindi flag Hindi: मकान
Croatian flag Croatian: stambeni prostor (smješta Hungarian flag Hungarian: szállás Indonesian flag Indonesian: perumahan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: húsnæði Italian flag Italian: alloggio Japanese flag Japanese: 住居
Korean flag Korean: 숙소, 주거 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gyvenamasis plotas, namai Latvian flag Latvian: mājvieta; pajumte
Malay flag Malay: rumah Dutch flag Dutch: woonruimte Norwegian flag Norwegian: husrom, bolig(er)
Polish flag Polish: pomieszczenia, schronieni Persian flag Persian: محل اقامت Pashto flag Pashto: د اوسیدو ځای
Portuguese flag Portuguese: alojamento Romanian flag Romanian: locuinţe Russian flag Russian: жильё
Slovak flag Slovak: ubytovanie Slovenian flag Slovenian: stanovanje Serbian flag Serbian: kuća
Swedish flag Swedish: bostäder Thai flag Thai: การเคหะ Turkish flag Turkish: konut(lar)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 住處 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: житло Urdu flag Urdu: گھر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhà ở Chinese flag Chinese: 住房

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