Definitions for housing
ˈhaʊ zɪŋhous·ing

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. housing, lodging, living accommodationsnoun

   structures collectively in which people are housed

2. housingnoun

   a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

3. caparison, trapping, housingnoun

   stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. housingnoun

   The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.

2. housingnoun

   Residences, collectively.

   She lives in low-income housing.

3. housingnoun

   A mechanical component's container or covering.

   The gears were grinding against their housing.

4. housingnoun

   A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.

5. housingnoun

   An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Housing

   of House

   Etymology: [From Houss.]

2. Housingnoun

   the act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation

   Etymology: [From Houss.]

3. Housingnoun

   that which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively

   Etymology: [From Houss.]

4. 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

   Etymology: [From Houss.]

5. Housingnoun

   a niche for a statue

   Etymology: [From Houss.]

6. Housingnoun

   a frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc

   Etymology: [From Houss.]

7. Housingnoun

   that portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel

   Etymology: [From Houss.]

8. Housingnoun

   a covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up

   Etymology: [From Houss.]

9. Housingnoun

   a houseline. See Houseline

   Etymology: [From Houss.]

10. Housingnoun

    a cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings

    Etymology: [From Houss.]

11. Housingnoun

    an appendage to the hames or collar of a harness

    Etymology: [From Houss.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Housing

   Living facilities for humans.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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  

2. 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  

Matched Categories

1. • Protective Covering
   • Stable Gear

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'housing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1703

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'housing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #989

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'housing' in Nouns Frequency: #711

How to pronounce housing?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say housing in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of housing in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of housing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of housing in a Sentence

1. Joel Kan:

   The weakening in activity is potentially a signal that pent-up demand is starting to wane and that low housing supply is limiting prospective buyers' options.

2. Timothy Cunningham:

   What we do know from other studies that have documented changes in mortality and changes in life expectancy over time is that they are often associated with improvements in health care access, such as screening for chronic conditions, regular followup visits, taking medication regularly, where we live determines our health; it determines our quality of housing, the schools we attend, our employment opportunities.

3. Housing Minister Mustafa Madbouly:

   This is totally being implemented by the Egyptian government and the ministry of housing with a total investment that exceeds 150 billion Egyptian pounds ($19.16 billion), we are making use of the projects we are offering to the private sector to finance and cross-subsidize the social housing program.

4. Benjamin Reitzes:

   While the pullback in starts suggests that housing might be a bit of drag on GDP growth in Q4, the decline was welcome as it will ease concerns about overbuilding ignited by the big prints in August and September.

5. Claudia Rafful:

   If we are not helping to fix the problems that are related to their drug use — such as housing, employment, or stigmatization — chances are the person will go back and use drugs.

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