housing
noun/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ · /ˈhaʊsɪŋ/
Etymology From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).
9 senses
- 1The activity of enclosing something or providing a…
- 2Residences, collectively.
- 3A mechanical component's container or covering.
- 4A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental…
- 5An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
- 6The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion…
- 7A niche for a statue.
- 8That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the…
- 9A houseline.
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- Housing of homeless families is a priority.
Residences, collectively.
- She lives in low-income housing.
A mechanical component's container or covering.
- The gears were grinding against their housing.
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
Architecture The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
A niche for a statue.
- Antonyms
- nonhousing
- Derived terms
- affordable housing, bell housing, bellhousing, cohousing, council housing, ecohousing, inclusionary housing, microhousing, open housing, public housing, social housing, subsidized housing, tract housing, housing bubble, housing commission, housing estate, housing project, housing stock, housing unit, houso, security housing unit