housing
1any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place.
houses collectively.
the act of one who houses or puts under shelter.
the providing of houses for a group or community: the housing of an influx of laborers.
anything that covers or protects.
Machinery. a fully enclosed case and support for a mechanism.
Carpentry. the space made in one piece of wood, or the like, for the insertion of another.
Nautical.
a niche for a statue.
Origin of housing
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Other definitions for housing (2 of 2)
a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament.
housings, the trappings on a horse.
Origin of housing
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How to use housing in a sentence
Today, in 70 percent of the areas in which it is legal to build housing, it is only legal to build single-family homes.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego | Andrew Keatts | August 26, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoWilbourn, who left the housing authority in October 2019, declined interview requests from The Capital and ProPublica while she was leading the agency and after she departed.
She Was Sued Over Rent She Didn’t Owe. It Took Seven Court Dates to Prove She Was Right. | by Danielle Ohl, Capital Gazette, and Talia Buford and Beena Raghavendran, ProPublica | August 25, 2020 | ProPublicaA federal Bureau of Prisons facility in downtown San Diego is the site of nearly 50 coronavirus cases as of late last week after a group of people in a single housing unit were infected with the virus.
Morning Report: The Deal Before the 101 Ash St. Deal | Voice of San Diego | August 24, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoAgain, it would mean the city didn’t need to borrow a big chunk of money and would eventually own a building capable of housing hundreds of employees for decades.
The Deal Before the 101 Ash St. Debacle Helps Explain How We Got Here | Lisa Halverstadt and Jesse Marx | August 24, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoEvery person in the housing unit has now been tested, said Bureau of Prisons spokesman Justin Long in an e-mail.
Downtown Federal Jail Facility Has Nearly 50 Coronavirus Cases | Maya Srikrishnan | August 21, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC housing Authority cop named James Carragher.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.
Mario Cuomo: An OK Governor, but a Far Better Person | Michael Tomasky | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe stopped at one point to ask someone directions to a particular housing development.
Gurley was gunned down on Nov. 20, when a pair of cops was patrolling the rough housing project.
Protesters Demand Justice For Gurley As Gap Grows Between Cops and NYC | M.L. Nestel | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.
Large-scale housing is primarily for married people with growing families.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.(ii) There are many similar housing settlements in New Zealand.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.In quickly settled housing areas this community spirit has not yet had time to develop.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.housing the Imp, he quietly crossed the lawn to the window, avoiding any sound of footsteps on the gravelled paths.
Red Pepper Burns | Grace S. RichmondBut when I inquired there they informed me that they were housing no English duchess.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 | William Orpen
British Dictionary definitions for housing (1 of 2)
/ (ˈhaʊzɪŋ) /
houses or dwellings collectively
(as modifier): a housing problem
the act of providing with accommodation
a hole, recess, groove, or slot made in one wooden member to receive another
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
another word for houseline
British Dictionary definitions for housing (2 of 2)
/ (ˈhaʊzɪŋ) /
(often plural) archaic another word for trappings (def. 2)
Origin of housing
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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