housing

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
2. (uncountable) Residences, collectively.
3. (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
4. (countable, uncountable) A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
5. (countable, uncountable) An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
6. (countable, uncountable) 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.
7. (countable, uncountable) A niche for a statue.
8. (countable, uncountable) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
9. (countable, uncountable) A houseline.

Verb

present participle and gerund of house

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house

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Synonyms

lodging

casing

accommodation

house

🏠

residence

case

caparison

dwelling

cabinet

🗄️

shelter

jacket

home

🏠

address

trapping

residency

resident

accommodations

cover

box

📦

living accommodations

quarter

quarters

enclosure

reception

manta

pupa

rabbet

recess

residences

residential building

roofing

rooms

safe house

seating

shell

🐚

sheltering

unit

valley

warp

main frame

encloser

construction industry

development

dwelling/living space

building engineering

structural engineering

cover-device

apt.

ap’t

acceptance

Translations

logement

vivienda

Gehäuse

Unterkunft

alloggio

habitação

alojamiento

Wohnung

alloggiamento

στέγαση

résidence

carter

habitation

huisvesting

στέγη

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: housynge

Cognate with Scots: housing

Cognate with Dutch: huizing

Cognate with Low German: husing

Cognate with German: Behausung

In summary

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”).

Sentences

The difference in housing costs from city to city is especially important .

The housing stock is almost exclusively owner-occupied houses of conventional British design .

Behind it is the site of the former 'Fawdon Park House' Housing Project .