housing
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1housing

noun

Definition of HOUSING

1
a : shelter, lodging
b : dwellings provided for people
2
a : a niche for a sculpture
b : the space taken out of a structural member (as a timber) to admit the insertion of part of another
3
: something that covers or protects: as
a : a case or enclosure (as for a mechanical part or an instrument)
b : a casing (as an enclosed bearing) in which a shaft revolves
c : a support (as a frame) for mechanical parts

First Known Use of HOUSING

14th century

Rhymes with HOUSING

2housing

noun

Definition of HOUSING

: caparison 1

Origin of HOUSING

Middle English, from house housing (from Anglo-French huce, houce, of Germanic origin) + -ing; akin to Middle High German hulft covering
First Known Use: 15th century

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