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housing unit

housing unit noun: a physical space designed to serve as a residence.

Noun

housing unit (plural housing units)

  1. a physical space designed to serve as a residence.
    • The population and housing unit estimates are released on a flow basis throughout each year. Each new series of estimates (referred to as a "vintage") is revised annually beginning with the date of the most recent decennial census to incorporate the latest administrative record data, geographic...(Can we date this quote?), “Population and Housing Unit Estimates Datasets”, in United States Census Bureau, United States, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2025

Forms of housing unit

pluralhousing units

Questions about housing unit

What does housing unit mean?
Housing unit means a physical space designed to serve as a residence.
What part of speech is housing unit?
Housing unit is a noun.
What is the plural of housing unit?
The plural of housing unit is housing units.

Words near housing unit in the dictionary

  1. housing estates
  2. housing project
  3. housing projects
  4. housing stock
  5. housing stocks
  6. housing unit
  7. housing units
  8. housings
  9. Houska
  10. Houskas
  11. Housley

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