housing

hous·ing ¹  (houzng)

n.

1.

a. Buildings or other shelters in which people live: a shortage of housing in the city.

b. A place to live; a dwelling: She came to college early to look for housing.

2. Provision of lodging or shelter: the housing of refugees; a contract that includes housing.

3. Something that covers, protects, or supports, especially:

a. A frame, bracket, or box for holding or protecting a mechanical part: a wheel housing.

b. An enclosing frame in which a shaft revolves.

4. A hole, groove, or slot in a piece of wood into which another piece is inserted.

5. A niche for a statue.

6. Nautical

a. The part of a mast that is below deck.

b. The part of a bowsprit that is inside the hull.

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hous·ing ²  (houzng)

n.

1. An ornamental or protective covering for a saddle.

2. Trappings for a horse. Often used in the plural.

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[From Middle English house, from Old French houce, from Medieval Latin hucia, hulcia, hultia, protective covering, of Germanic origin; see kel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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housing

Noun

1. houses collectively

2. the job of providing people with accommodation

3. a part designed to contain and support a component or mechanism: the inspection panel set within the concrete housing

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	housing - structures collectively in which people are housed living accommodations, lodging apartment, flat - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house billet - lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) block - housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing" camp - temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas" condominium - housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" hospice - a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) student lodging, youth hostel, hostel - inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) living quarters, quarters - housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters" manufactured home, mobile home - a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing pied-a-terre - lodging for occasional or secondary use; "they bought a pied-a-terre in London" quartering - living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) rattrap - filthy run-down dilapidated housing shelter - temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" tract housing - housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land
	2.	housing - a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component binnacle - a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm) cabinet, console - housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television crankcase - housing for a crankshaft distributor housing - the housing that supports the distributor cam journal box - metal housing for a journal bearing lamp house, lamp housing, lamphouse - housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) protective cover, protective covering, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors" radar dome, radome - a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves casing, shell, case - the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"
	3.	housing - stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse caparison, trapping bard - an ornamental caparison for a horse horsecloth - a cloth for the trapping of a horse saddlery, stable gear, tack - gear for a horse

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housing

noun 1. accommodation, homes, houses, dwellings, domiciles

noun 2. case, casing, covering, cover, shell, jacket, holder, container, capsule, sheath, encasement

Translations

housing [ˈhauzɪŋ] n (act) → alojamiento (= houses); viviendas fpl

cpd [problem, shortage] → de (la) vivienda

housing [ˈhauzɪŋ] n → logement m

cpd [problem, shortage] → de or du logement

housing [ˈhauzɪŋ] house n → Wohnungen pl;

(provision) → Wohnungsbeschaffung f

cpd → Wohnungs-

housing [ˈhauzɪŋ] n → alloggio

cpd [problem, shortage] → degli alloggi