housing
/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To keep within a structure or container.
- To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
- To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
- To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
- To contain or cover mechanical parts.
- To drive to a shelter.
- The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- Residences, collectively.
- A mechanical component's container or covering.
- A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
- An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
- The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
Etymology / origin
No prose etymology has been added yet.
No ancestor words have been linked yet.
Related words
Descendant words
No descendant words have been linked yet.