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noun
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any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place.
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houses collectively.
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the act of one who houses or puts under shelter.
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the providing of houses for a group or community: the housing of an influx of laborers.
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EXPANDanything that covers or protects.
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Machinery. a fully enclosed case and support for a mechanism.
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Carpentry. the space made in one piece of wood, or the like, for the insertion of another.
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COLLAPSEa niche for a statue.
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Housings
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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noun
1.
a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament.
2.
housings. the trappings on a horse.
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Word Origin & History
housing
"ornamental covering," 1312, houce "covering for the back and flanks of a horse," from M.L. hultia, from Frank. *khulfti (cf. M.Du. hulfte "pocket for bow and arrow," M.H.G. hulft "covering"). Sense of "case or enclosure for machine or part" is first recorded 1882.
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