Word Meaning

housing definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for housing

- Accommodation