housing

hous·ing¹ (hou

ng)

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.

hous·ing² (hou

ng)

1. An ornamental or protective covering for a saddle.

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

[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.]

housing¹

a. houses or dwellings collectively

b. (as modifier) a housing problem

2. the act of providing with accommodation

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a hole, recess, groove, or slot made in one wooden member to receive another

4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a part designed to shelter, cover, contain, or support a component, such as a bearing, or a mechanism, such as a pump or wheel a bearing housing a motor housing a wheel housing

5. (Transport / Nautical Terms) another word for houseline

housing²

(often plural) Archaic another word for trappings [2]

[from Old French houce covering, of Germanic origin]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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

housing

noun

1. accommodation, homes, houses, dwellings, domiciles a shortage of affordable housing

2. case, casing, covering, cover, shell, jacket, holder, container, capsule, sheath, encasement Both housings are waterproof to a depth of two metres.

Translations

housing [ˈhaʊzɪŋ]

A. N

1. (= houses) → casas fpl, viviendas fpl
there's a lot of new housing → hay muchas casas or viviendas nuevas

2. (gen) → vivienda f
the housing problem → el problema de la vivienda

3. (Mech) → caja f, cubierta f

B. CPD housing association N → asociación f de la vivienda
housing benefit N (Brit) → subsidio m de vivienda
housing cooperative N → cooperativa f de la vivienda
housing development N (US) = housing estate housing estate N (Brit) → urbanización f, fraccionamiento m (Mex), reparto m (Mex); (= council estate) → urbanización f or barrio m de viviendas protegidas
housing market N → mercado m de la vivienda
housing policy N → política f de la vivienda
housing project N (US) → urbanización f or barrio m de viviendas protegidas
housing scheme N (Scot) → urbanización f or barrio m de viviendas protegidas
housing shortage N → crisis f inv de la vivienda
housing stock N → total m de viviendas
housing subsidy N → subsidio m por vivienda

housing [ˈhaʊzɪŋ]

n → logement m

modif [problem] → de logement; [minister] → du Logement
housing association n (British)

(providing housing) association qui construit et rénove des logements pour les louer ou les vendre à des prix très raisonnables

[co-owners] → association f de copropriétaires
housing benefit n → allocation f logement
to be on housing benefit → bénéficier d'une allocation logement
housing conditions npl → conditions fpl de logement
housing development n

(British) (= council-owned flats) → cité f

(British) (= privately-owned houses) → lotissement m

(US) → lotissement m
housing estate n (British) (= council-owned flats) → cité HLM)f > (= privately-owned houses) → lotissement m
I live on an estate → J'habite dans un lotissement.
housing list n (British) liste d'attente pour obtenir un logement social
housing market n → marché m immobilier
housing project n (US) (= place) → cité f
housing shortage n → pénurie f de logements

housing

(act) → Unterbringung f

(= houses) → Wohnungen pl; (temporary) → Unterkunft f

(= provision of houses) → Wohnungsbeschaffung f; (= building of houses) → Wohnungsbau m

(Tech) → Gehäuse nt

housing in cpds → Wohnungs-;

housing association

n → Wohnungsbaugesellschaft f

housing benefit

n (Brit) → Wohngeld nt

housing complex

n → Wohnungskomplex m