Housing Definition
houzĭng
noun
The act of providing shelter or lodging.
Webster's New World
Shelter or lodging; accommodation in houses, apartments, etc.
The housing crisis.
Webster's New World
A place to live; a dwelling.
She came to college early to look for housing.
American Heritage
A shelter; covering.
Webster's New World
Houses collectively.
Webster's New World
verb
Present participle of house.
We are housing the Wik* servers in Florida.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Housing
Noun
Singular:
housing
Plural:
housingsOrigin of Housing
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From Middle English housinge, howsynge, from Old English *hūsung (“housing”), from Old English hūsian (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English house from Old French houce from Medieval Latin hucia, hulcia, hultia protective covering of Germanic origin kel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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