Housing
[haʊzɪŋ] or ['haʊzɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) structures collectively in which people are housed.
(noun.) a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of House
(n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
(n.) That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.
(n.) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another.
(n.) A niche for a statue.
(n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.
(n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
(n.) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.
(n.) A houseline. See Houseline.
(n.) A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
(n.) An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
Edited by Elsie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Horse-cloth, saddle-cloth.[2]. Covering, protection (from the weather).
Typist: Loretta
Definition
n. an ornamental covering for a horse: a saddle-cloth: (pl.) the trappings of a horse.
Editor: Michel
Examples
- Private enterprise, therefore, so far from bothering about the public need of housing, did nothing but corner and speculate in rents and sub-letting. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So even if the Commission had drawn splendid plans for housing, work conditions, education, and play it would have done only part of the task of statesmanship. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Men would refuse to work except for food, clothing, housing, and payment in kind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the housing of the people the telephone is a pioneering agent for better conditions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Where are the detailed proposals by specialists, for decent housing and working conditions, for educational reform, for play facilities? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They wanted little clothing or housing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You read glowing articles in magazines about preachers who devote their time to housing reforms, milk supplies, the purging of the civil service. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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