housing
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
Example
“Housing of homeless families is a priority.”
Other meanings
Residences, collectively.
“She lives in low-income housing.”
A mechanical component's container or covering.
“The gears were grinding against their housing.”
Kinds of housing
- apartment
- block
- camp
- dwelling
- living quarters
- mobile home
- shelter
- tract housing
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "housynge".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “housing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.