About The Word Housing
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Housing
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What's The Definition Of Housing?
[n] stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
[n] housing structures collectively; structures in which people are housed [n] a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component Synonyms | Synonyms for Housing: caparison | housings | living accommodations | lodging | trapping | trappings Related Terms | Find terms related to Housing: 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 See Also | abode | apartment | bard | billet | binnacle | block | cabinet | camp | case | casing | condominium | console | construction | crankcase | distributor housing | domicile | dwelling | dwelling house | flat | habitation | home | horsecloth | hospice | hostel | journal box | lamp housing | lamphouse | living quarters | pied-a-terre | protection | protective cover | protective covering | quartering | quarters | radar dome | radome | rattrap | saddlery | shell | stable gear | structure | student lodging | tack | youth hostel Housing In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.
--Fabyan.
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.
4. (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place,
as journal boxes, etc.
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}.
\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. 2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness. |
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