housing
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (3)housings
- structures collectively in which people are housedSynonyms: lodgingliving accommodationsType of structure, constructionKinds dwelling, apartment, camp, living quarters, block, condominium, rattrap, hostel, pied-a-terre, quartering +5 more
- a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical componentType of protective covering, protective coverKinds journal box, lamp house, shell, crankcase, distributor housing, cabinet, binnacle, radome
- stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorseSynonyms: caparisontrappingType of stable gear, saddleryKinds bard, horsecloth
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: From House. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.
1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. Robert Fabyan
3. Architecture (a) 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. (b) A niche for a statue.
4. Machinery A frame or support for holding something in place, such as a piece of machinery, journal boxes, etc.
5. Nautical (a) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. (b) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up. (c) A houseline. See Houseline.
Origin: From Houss.
1. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54