'Housing' definitions:
Definition of 'housing'
From: WordNet
noun
Structures collectively in which people are housed [syn: housing, lodging, living accommodations]
noun
A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
noun
Definition of 'Housing'
From: GCIDE
- House \House\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Housed; p. pr. & vb. n. Housing.] [AS. h?sian.]
- 1. To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle. [1913 Webster]
- At length have housed me in a humble shed. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To admit to residence; to harbor. [1913 Webster]
- Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Housing'
From: GCIDE
- Housing \Hous"ing\, n. [From House. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.]
- 1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. --Fabyan. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Arch.) (a) 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. (b) A niche for a statue. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, such as a piece of machinery, journal boxes, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Naut.) (a) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. (b) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up. (c) A houseline. See Houseline. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Housing'
From: GCIDE
- Housing \Hous"ing\, n. [From Houss.]
- 1. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'housing'
From: GCIDE
- Houseline \House"line`\, n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'housing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodation,
- accommodations,
- architectonic,
- architectural,
- assembly-line housing,
- berth,
- billeting,
- blanket,
- box,
- building,
- cabinet,
- caparison,
- case,
- casing,
- chassis,
- cloak,
- coat,
- console,
- constructional,
- container,
- cover,
- coverage,
- covering,
- covert,
- coverture,
- cowl,
- cowling,
- curtain,
- diggings,
- digs,
- dock,
- domiciliation,
- doss,
- drape,
- drapery,
- dwelling,
- edificial,
- enclosure,
- guise,
- habitation,
- hangar,
- hanging,
- home,
- homes,
- hood,
- horse blanket,
- horsecloth,
- hospitality,
- houses,
- housing bill,
- housing development,
- housing problem,
- living,
- living quarters,
- lodging,
- lodgings,
- lodgment,
- lower-income housing,
- mantle,
- mask,
- pall,
- protection,
- quartering,
- quarters,
- radio,
- radio receiver,
- radio set,
- radio telescope,
- receiver,
- receiving set,
- rooms,
- roost,
- saddle blanket,
- saddlecloth,
- screen,
- set,
- shed,
- shelter,
- shield,
- shroud,
- sleeping place,
- slum clearance,
- structural,
- subdivision,
- tract,
- transient lodging,
- urban renewal,
- veil,
- vestment,
- wireless,
- wireless set
Words containing 'Housing'
- House,
- Housed,
- Houses,
- houseful,
- housings,
- on the house,
- house-to-house,
- Banking house,
- Bath house,
- Boarding house,
- Burning house,
- Call of the house,
- Chapter house,
- Charnel house,
- Chocolate house,
- Clearing house,
- Corning house,
- Crimping house,
- Curing house,
- Dark house,
- Doss house,
- Dwelling house,
- Eating house,
- Father of the house,
- Flash house,
- Forcing house,
- Frame house,
- Frater house,
- Full house,
- Garden house,
- Goat house,
- God's house,
- Halfway House,
- Hickam Housing,
- House ant,
- House boat,
- House of Lancaster,
- House of Lords,
- House of Peers,
- House of bishops,
- House of bondage,
- House of call,
- House of correction,
- House of refuge,
- House, NM,
- Ice house,
- Inner house,
- Jobbing house,
- Joss house,
- Lazar house,
- Leaping house,
- Lodging house,
- Log house,
- Malt house,
- Manor house,
- Mansion house,
- Mask house,
- Masting house,
- Minster house,
- Muniment house,
- Night house,
- Panel house,
- Paper house,
- Pigeon house,
- Posting house,
- Printing house,
- Prison house,
- Public house,
- Rest house,
- Semidetached house,
- Senate house,
- Spinning house,
- Sponging house,
- Sporting house,
- Spring House,
- Station house,
- Steeple house,
- Sweating house,
- Tabling house,
- Tenement house,
- The White House,
- To break a house,
- To bring down the house,
- To keep house,
- Town house,
- Trinity House,
- Turf house,
- Weather house,
- Weighing house,
- White House,
- Working house,
- adobe house,
- apartment house,
- auction house,
- beach house,
- bee house,
- brokerage house,
- carriage house,
- church house,
- clean house,
- coach house,
- coal house,
- conference house,
- country house,
- crazy house,
- dagons house,
- death house,
- detached house,
- detention house,
- discount house,
- distributor housing,
- dog house,
- doll's house,
- duplex house,
- field house,
- frat house,
- fraternity house,
- free house,
- funny house,
- gambling house,
- gaming house,
- glebe house,
- guest house,
- hash house,
- house agent,
- house arrest,
- house cat,
- house centipede,
- house decorator,
- house detective,
- house dick,
- house finch,
- house fly,
- house guest,
- house husband,
- house martin,
- house mouse,
- house of God,
- house of burgesses,
- house of cards,
- house of commons,
- house of detention,
- house of hanover,
- house of islam,
- house of prayer,
- house of prostitution,
- house of representatives,
- house of tudor,
- house of war,
- house of windsor,
- house of worship,
- house of york,
- house organ,
- house paint,
- house painter,
- house painting,
- house party,
- house physician,
- house servant,
- house sitter,
- house snake,
- house sparrow,
- house trailer,
- house wren,
- houses of parliament,
- housing commissioner,
- housing development,
- housing estate,
- housing industry,
- housing project,
- housing start,
- in the adjacent house,
- jook house,
- juke house,
- keep house,
- lady of the house,
- lamp house,
- lamp housing,
- lower house,
- meat house,
- meeting house,
- movie house,
- nut house,
- oast house,
- open house,
- opera house,
- packing house,
- planetary house,
- post house,
- public housing,
- publishing house,
- pump house,
- ranch house,
- rooming house,
- row house,
- royal house,
- safe house,
- settlement house,
- sod house,
- solar house,
- stash house,
- summer house,
- tap house,
- terraced house,
- third house,
- tract house,
- tract housing,
- treasure house,
- treasure houses,
- tree house,
- u.s. house,
- upper house,
- us house,
- wendy house,
- wholesale house,
- woman of the house,
- Barbers Point Housing,
- Charlotte Court House,
- Chesterfield Court House,
- Committee of the whole house,
- Dover Base Housing,
- Free public house,
- Halfway House, PA,
- Hickam Housing, HI,
- Lombar-house,
- Lombard-house,
- Marshal of the King's house,
- Moot-house,
- Spring House, PA,
- Sugar-house,
- Tippling-house,
- Tiring-house,
- To keep open house,
- Treasure-house,
- Trugging-house,
- Weigh-house,
- Weigh-houses,
- Welcome-to-our-house,
- White House Station,
- White House, TN,
- biting house fly,
- british house of commons,
- british house of lords,
- building supply house,
- card-house,
- deck-house,
- european house cricket,
- federal housing administration,
- fish house punch,
- house of ill repute,
- house-builder,
- house-keep,
- house-proud,
- house-raising,
- house-train,
- house-trained,
- housing and urban development,
- jack of the clock house,
- mail order house,
- monmouth court house,
- parker house roll,
- purple chinese houses,
- rough-house,
- toll house cookie,
- u.s. house of representatives,
- us house of representatives,
- Barbers Point Housing, HI,
- Cape May Court House,
- Charlotte Court House, VA,
- Chesterfield Court House, VA,
- Dover Base Housing, DE,
- White House Station, NJ,
- battle of monmouth court house,
- department of housing and urban development,
- secretary of housing and urban development,
- semi-detached house,
- united states house of representatives,
- Cape May Court House, NJ