English Dictionary

housing

/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/

noun

(uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone. / (uncountable) Residences, collectively. / (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.

The government is working to provide affordable housing for low-income families.

意味（1）

(uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.

意味（2）

(uncountable) Residences, collectively.

She lives in low-income housing.

意味（3）

(countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.

The gears were grinding against their housing.

意味（4）

A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.

意味（5）

An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.

意味（6）

(architecture) 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.

意味（7）

A niche for a statue.

意味（8）

(nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.

意味（9）

(nautical) A houseline.