What does Housing mean?
Definitions for Housing
ˈhaʊ zɪŋhous·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Housing.
Princeton's WordNet
housing, lodging, living accommodationsnoun
structures collectively in which people are housed
housingnoun
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
caparison, trapping, housingnoun
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
Wiktionary
housingnoun
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
housingnoun
Residences, collectively.
She lives in low-income housing.
housingnoun
A mechanical component's container or covering.
The gears were grinding against their housing.
housingnoun
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
housingnoun
An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Housingnoun
Etymology: from house.
London is supplied with people to increase its inhabitants, according to the increase of housing. John Graunt.
Webster Dictionary
Housing
of House
Housingnoun
the act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation
Housingnoun
that which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively
Housingnoun
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
Housingnoun
a niche for a statue
Housingnoun
a frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc
Housingnoun
that portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel
Housingnoun
a covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up
Housingnoun
a houseline. See Houseline
Housingnoun
a cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings
Housingnoun
an appendage to the hames or collar of a harness
Etymology: [From Houss.]
Freebase
Housing
Housing generally refers to the social problem of insuring that members of society have a home to live in, whether this is a house, or some other kind of dwelling, lodging, or shelter. Many governments have a department that deals with housing, such as the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Housing
howz′ing, n. an ornamental covering for a horse: a saddle-cloth: (pl.) the trappings of a horse. [O. Fr. housse, a mantle, of Teut. origin.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Housing
Living facilities for humans.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
housing
A small line formed of three fine strands, smaller than rope yarn; principally used for seizings of the block-strops, fastening the clues of sails to their bolt-ropes, and other purposes. (See MARLINE, TWINE.)
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
housing
Cover or cloth over or under a horse’s saddle used for cleanliness, or as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddle-cloth; a horse-cloth.
Editors Contribution
housing
A type of apartment, cottage, house, bungalow, cabin, family pod, grandparents pod, property or appropriate structure for a person, people or family to reside at.
Housing is a vital human right for every human being, we all have a right to housing as a human right.
Submitted by MaryC on January 7, 2020
housingverb
Verb form of the word house.
To build housing is easy as it creates a form of human rights, employment and certainty.
Submitted by MaryC on July 19, 2020
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Rank popularity for the word 'Housing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1703
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Rank popularity for the word 'Housing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #989
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Housing' in Nouns Frequency: #711
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Housing in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Housing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Housing in a Sentence
If you start seeing the unemployment rate come down with a broad swath of jobs being created, it should be positive for the housing stocks.
Even if Magic City did not come today, the pace of gentrification is so rapid that our people will not be able to afford homes here anyways, magic City is not the government. Affordable housing policies have to come from the government.
That can then be used to help the city pay for low-cost housing. It will cover a lot of the rent.
We don't have the services to take care of 50 immigrants, and we certainly don't have housing, we can't house everyone here that lives here and works here.
I was hoping the President would not even tweet yesterday about John Lewis. At this point we don't need anybody's sympathies or tweets. What we need is action, if you really want to honor the life of John Lewis, you don't do things like gut the fair housing laws. You don't sow the seeds of division. And you don't delay bringing the Voting Rights Advancement Act named after John Lewis to the floor. And that should be brought to the floor immediately.
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Translations for Housing
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- vivienda, alojamientoSpanish
- résidence, logementFrench
- cásáil, tithíocht, titheIrish
- आवासHindi
- здомување, куќиштеMacedonian
- alojamentoPortuguese
- кожух, чехол, футлярRussian
- hus, huv, kåpa, skalSwedish
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