(now chiefly historical, formal) A brothel; a house of prostitution.

(historical) A place of temporary confinement for debtors, kept by a bailiff, where debtors were sponged of all money they had on themselves, before being transferred to debtor's prison.

Alternative form of sponging-house

A small shed-like structure usually adjacent to a barn, typically used to store grain or feed, or for isolation of unruly or lame farm animals.

Rental housing owned and managed by the government, non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, with the aim of providing affordable housing, often focusing on disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social-security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.

(Canada, US) A bathrobe or dressing gown. / (Australia) A longish dress-like garment of one piece, fastening down the front, worn about the house.

A garage or a building for a car, typically separate from a house.

A building for keeping a horse and carriage when not in use, separate from the house.

(idiomatic) In financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.

A house which lets out furnished apartments. / A building with small, basic, inexpensive apartments for rent, often without en-suite bathrooms.