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Plural of housing

regular plural

The plural of housing is housings.

Forms of housing

Singularhousing /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
Pluralhousings /ˈhaʊzɪŋz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Housings in a sentence

  • A double file of camels with sumptuous housings moved with dignified and unhasty tread after the litters.1904, Elizabeth Miller, chapter 45, in The Yoke, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 590. From the entry unhasty
  • Sluice valves, the medieval forerunner of stop valves, were installed and to avoid tampering were protected within brick housings called tamkins.2017, Julian McCarthy, Kingston upon Thames in 50 Buildings. From the entry tamkin

Meaning of housing

  1. noun The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
  2. noun Residences, collectively.
  3. noun A mechanical component's container or covering.

Full definition of housing

Questions about the plural of housing

What is the plural of housing?
The plural of housing is housings.
Is housing countable?
Housing is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: housing (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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