housing
/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
housing noun: the activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone. Also the present participle and gerund of house.
Noun
housing (countable and uncountable, plural housings)
- The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- Housing of homeless families is a priority.
- Residences, collectively.
- She lives in low-income housing.
- A mechanical component's container or covering.
- The gears were grinding against their housing.
- A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
- An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
- 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.
- A niche for a statue.
- That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
- A houseline.
Also used as
housing is also the present participle and gerund of house.
housing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
housing in Hindi
- आवास
housing in Tamil
- வீட்டுவசதி
housing in Marathi
- गृहनिर्माण
housing in Urdu
- رہائش, ہاؤسنگ
More languagesFewer languages
- housing in Bengali
- আবাসন
- housing in Telugu
- గృహనిర్మాణం, హౌసింగ్
- housing in Malayalam
- പാർപ്പിടം, ഭവനനിർമ്മാണം
- housing in Kannada
- ವಸತಿ
- housing in Punjabi
- ਹਾਊਸਿੰਗ
- housing in Odia
- ଆବାସ, ଆବାସ ବ୍ଯ଼ବସ୍ଥା
- housing in Nepali
- आवास
- housing in Tagalog
- pabahay
Examples of housing in a sentence
- We've been underwater on our mortgage ever since the housing crash.
- She was opposed to the new housing development, but we eventually brought her round.
- Don't interrupt me while I'm at work on my housing project.
Synonyms of housing
Antonyms
Forms of housing
| plural | housings |
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Origin of housing
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”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from housing
- affordable housing
- bell housing
- bellhousing
- cohousing
- council housing
- ecohousing
- inclusionary housing
- microhousing
- open housing
- public housing
- social housing
- subsidized housing
- tract housing
- housing bubble
- housing commission
- housing estate
- housing project
- housing stock
- housing unit
- houso
- security housing unit
Phrases with housing
Words that rhyme with housing
Questions about housing
- What does housing mean?
- Housing means the activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- What is housing in Hindi?
- Housing in Hindi is आवास. See Housing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is housing?
- Housing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce housing?
- Housing is pronounced /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of housing?
- The plural of housing is housings.
Words near housing in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: housing (page history and authors); housing (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); housing (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); housing (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); housing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); housing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); housing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); housing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); housing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); housing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); housing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); housing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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