Definitions for housing
ˈhaʊ zɪŋhous·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Housingnoun

   Etymology: from house.

   1. Quantity of inhabited building.

   London is supplied with people to increase its inhabitants, according to the increase of housing. John Graunt.

   2. [From houseaux, heuses, or houses, French.]Cloath originally used to keep off dirt, now added to saddles as ornamental.

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1. housing

   Housing refers to the provision of shelter or accommodation for individuals, families, or communities. It encompasses various types of dwellings, such as houses, apartments, condos, and other residential structures, that are designed and built for people to live in. Housing fulfills the basic need for shelter and serves as a place where individuals and families can live, sleep, relax, and engage in daily activities while maintaining privacy, safety, and comfort. It typically includes amenities and utilities necessary for basic living, such as electricity, water, heating/cooling systems, and sanitation facilities. Housing can be either rented or owned, and it plays a crucial role in establishing communities, supporting social interactions, and contributing to individuals' well-being and quality of life.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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.]

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Housing

   Living facilities for humans.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

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 GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. housingnoun

   A type of house, 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

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Mike Reynolds:

   If all of the soldiers in all of the armies in all of the world, were to put down their weapons and pick up tools and start making sustainable housing for all the people in the world, life would just begin on this planet

2. Bob Pinnegar:

   Each passing month further escalates the risk of losing an ever increasing amount of rental housing, ultimately jeopardizing the availability of safe, sustainable and affordable housing for all Americans, flawed eviction moratoriums leave renters with insurmountable debt and housing providers holding the bag as our nation's housing affordability crisis spirals into a housing affordability disaster.

3. Thomas Sowell:

   Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. In area after area - crime, education, housing, race relations - the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.

4. Von Spakovsky:

   They are using federal housing money intended to improve the bad housing of poor Americans as the lever to force compliance with these new regulations, but that money is most needed in blighted, inner city urban neighborhoods, where there are a large number of African Americans. This federal utopian vision will divert that needed federal money into suburbs where it is not needed, leaving poor Americans living in substandard, terrible housing.

5. Danya Keene:

   Even though the conditions in many public housing developments are in dramatic need of improvement, we do know that public housing provides an important source of stable and affordable housing, particularly for the poorest of the poor.

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