HOUSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does housing mean? 

• HOUSING (noun)
  The noun HOUSING has 3 senses:

1. structures collectively in which people are housed

2. a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

3. stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

  Familiarity information: HOUSING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOUSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Structures collectively in which people are housed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

housing; living accommodations; lodging

Hypernyms ("housing" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "housing"):

pied-a-terre (lodging for occasional or secondary use)

tract housing (housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land)

shelter (temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons)

rattrap (filthy run-down dilapidated housing)

quartering (living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel))

manufactured home; mobile home (a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing)

living quarters; quarters (housing available for people to live in)

hostel; student lodging; youth hostel (inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips))

hospice (a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order))

abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)

condominium (housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned)

camp (temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers)

block (housing in a large building that is divided into separate units)

billet (lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home))

apartment; flat (a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house)

Derivation:

house (provide housing for)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("housing" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "housing"):

binnacle (a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm))

cabinet; console (housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television)

crankcase (housing for a crankshaft)

distributor housing (the housing that supports the distributor cam)

journal box (metal housing for a journal bearing)

lamp house; lamp housing; lamphouse (housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector))

radar dome; radome (a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves)

case; casing; shell (the housing or outer covering of something)

Derivation:

house (contain or cover)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

caparison; housing; trapping

Hypernyms ("housing" is a kind of...):

saddlery; stable gear; tack (gear for a horse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "housing"):

horsecloth (a cloth for the trapping of a horse)

bard (an ornamental caparison for a horse)

 Context examples 

A question about an individual's distress related to their practical problems with housing.

(Distress over Practical Problem with Housing, NCI Thesaurus)

This lagomorph's small size lends itself to studies in which the study drug is available in smaller quantities or if housing space is a consideration.

(Dutch Belted Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)

Newborn CCM mice were raised in either normal housing or under germ-free conditions.

(Researchers connect brain blood vessel lesions to intestinal bacteria, NIH)

Housing in which people can reside.

(Living Quarters, NCI Thesaurus)

For projection radiography, the horizontal physical distance measured at the front plane of an Image Receptor housing between the center of each pixel.

(Horizontal Pixel Spacing, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

The science of breeding, feeding and care of domestic animals; includes housing and nutrition.

(Animal Husbandry, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The Fly Facility Shared Resource provides housing for collection of the standard wild type and mutant strains of Drosophila melanogaster and all services related to maintenance of fly stocks.

(Fly Facility Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

An individual who is presently or not long ago worked or offered to assist without pay at a temporary housing facility for persons without a stable or permanent residence.

(Current or Recent Employee or Volunteer in Homeless Shelter, NCI Thesaurus)

The main circuit board housing the central processing unit.

(Central Processing Unit Board Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Poor quality, densely populated housing and inadequate sanitation systems may foster sandfly breeding sites and increase their access to humans.

(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)