noun
housing
HOW-zihng
noun
1
Buildings for people to live in, considered collectively.
"The city is struggling with a shortage of affordable housing."
2
A protective outer casing that covers or contains a mechanical part.
"Water had seeped into the motor housing."
How to Use Housing
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither homes people live in as a general concept, or a protective case around machine parts.
Common pairings
affordable housing
housing market
engine housing
Word Forms
housings plural
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Etymology
From Middle English housinge, from housen ("to shelter"), house + -ing.