Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

housed

/haʊzd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: housed
IPA: /haʊzd/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Enclosed, provided or covered with a house.

verb

simple past and past participle of house

Derived Forms

cohoused mishoused nonhoused underhoused unhoused

Phrases

council-housed vehicularly housed

Rhymes With

aroused espoused roused browsed deloused loused bowsed unhoused drowsed

Questions

How do you pronounce housed?: The recorded pronunciation is /haʊzd/.
What does housed mean?: Enclosed, provided or covered with a house.

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