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

2. Housingnoun

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

3. Housingnoun

   that which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively

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

5. Housingnoun

   a niche for a statue

6. Housingnoun

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

7. Housingnoun

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

8. Housingnoun

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

9. Housingnoun

   a houseline. See Houseline

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

11. Housingnoun

    an appendage to the hames or collar of a harness

12. 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

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Manoj Pradhan:

   If housing does not signal inflation via the CPI, then the economy is more likely to run hot, and what you get over time is generalised inflation pressures.

2. Avi Schiffmann:

   I have plans to expand to all refugees in general, refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, any victims of natural disasters or wars, it is just as important they can find available housing, too, and we're going to make that happen.

3. Blerina Uruci:

   We would interpret the June weakness as payback after housing activity made a strong start to 2015 and expect the housing market to remain in recovery mode.

4. Kevin Kiley:

   This used to be the state where anyone could get ahead. Now it’s the state that many can’t wait to leave behind, and our soaring housing costs are central to that.

5. Leslie Rouda Smith:

   Homeownership is rewarding in so many ways and can serve as a vital component in achieving financial stability, now, we must focus on increasing access to safe, affordable housing and ensuring that more people can begin to amass and pass on the gains from homeownership.

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