Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

housing

/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.77 in modern English

Syllables
hous-ing
IPA
/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

noun

Residences, collectively.

Uncountable

noun

A mechanical component's container or covering.

Countable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A niche for a statue.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

housings (plural)

Derived Forms

bellhousing cohousing ecohousing microhousing houso

Phrases

affordable housing bell housing council housing inclusionary housing open housing public housing social housing subsidized housing

Frequently Paired Words

house

Synonyms

accommodation lodging case casing cover covering lid caparison trapping

Antonyms

nonhousing

Rhymes With

browsing rousing arousing espousing carousing bowsing drowsing

Questions

How do you pronounce housing?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/.
What does housing mean?
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
Where does housing come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce housing

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