housing

English

Etymology

From house

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊzɪŋ

Verb

housing

1. Present participle of house.

   We are housing the Wik* servers in Florida.

Noun

housing (countable and uncountable; plural housings)

1. (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
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.

Synonyms

• (houses, collectively): accommodation, lodging
• (mechanical component's container): case, casing, cover, covering, lid

Translations

activity of enclosing or providing residence

French: logement (fr)

residences

French: logement (fr) m., résidence (fr) f.

container

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Macedonian: здомување (mk) (zdomúvanje) n. (1), куќиште (mk) (kúḱište) n. (3) Spanish: vivienda (es) Portuguese: alojamento (pt)

See also

• house