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.

Inputed by Cole--From WordNet

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

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