Definition of Housing
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(n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
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(n.) That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.
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(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.
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(n.) A niche for a statue.
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(n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.
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(n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
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(n.) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.
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(n.) A houseline. See Houseline.
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(n.) A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
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(n.) An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
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(p. pr. & vb. n.) of House
Antonyms of Housing
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Homophones of Housing
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