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housings

/ˈhaʊzɪŋz/

housings is the plural of housing.

Meaning of housing

Noun

housing (countable and uncountable, plural housings)

  1. (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
    • Housing of homeless families is a priority.
  2. (uncountable) Residences, collectively.
    • She lives in low-income housing.
  3. (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
    • The gears were grinding against their housing.
  4. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
  5. An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
  6. 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.

See all 9 meanings of housing

Phrases with housings

Questions about housings

What is housings the plural of?
Housings is the plural of housing.
How do you pronounce housings?
Housings is pronounced /ˈhaʊzɪŋz/.

Words near housings in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: housings (page history and authors); housing (page history and authors). 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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