Overview of noun housing

The noun housing has 3 senses

• housing, lodging, living accommodations -- (structures collectively in which people are housed)


• housing -- (a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component)


• caparison, trapping, housing -- (stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse)

Overview of verb house

The verb house has 2 senses

• house -- (contain or cover; "This box houses the gears")


• house, put up, domiciliate -- (provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town")