housing
hou·sing
noun
housing structures collectively; structures in which people are housed
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
Origin
From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).
Phrases
- affordable housing
- bell housing
- council housing
- inclusionary housing
- open housing
- public housing
- social housing
- subsidized housing
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Broader terms
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