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housing

//ˈhaʊzɪŋ//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for housing

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Forms

Plural
housings

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

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

    • Housing of homeless families is a priority.

  2. 2.Residences, collectively.

    • She lives in low-income housing.

  3. 3.A mechanical component's container or covering.

    • The gears were grinding against their housing.

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

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.present participle and gerund of house

    • We are housing the company's servers in Florida.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2374

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Related words

Word family

Etymology

From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing.

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