| housing | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. housing, living accommodations, lodging | structures collectively in which people are housed. |
| ~ apartment, flat | a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house. |
| ~ billet | lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home). |
| ~ block | housing in a large building that is divided into separate units.; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing" |
| ~ camp | temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers.; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas" |
| ~ condominium | housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned. |
| ~ dwelling, dwelling house, abode, domicile, habitation, home | housing that someone is living in.; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" |
| ~ hospice | a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order). |
| ~ student lodging, youth hostel, hostel | inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips). |
| ~ living quarters, quarters | housing available for people to live in.; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters" |
| ~ manufactured home, mobile home | a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing. |
| ~ pied-a-terre | lodging for occasional or secondary use.; "they bought a pied-a-terre in London" |
| ~ quartering | living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel). |
| ~ rattrap | filthy run-down dilapidated housing. |
| ~ shelter | temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ tract housing | housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. housing | a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component. |
| ~ binnacle | a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm). |
| ~ cabinet, console | housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television. |
| ~ crankcase | housing for a crankshaft. |
| ~ distributor housing | the housing that supports the distributor cam. |
| ~ journal box | metal housing for a journal bearing. |
| ~ lamp house, lamp housing, lamphouse | housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector). |
| ~ protective cover, protective covering, protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury.; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors" |
| ~ radar dome, radome | a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves. |
| ~ casing, shell, case | the housing or outer covering of something.; "the clock has a walnut case" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. caparison, housing, trapping | stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse. |
| ~ bard | an ornamental caparison for a horse. |
| ~ horsecloth | a cloth for the trapping of a horse. |
| ~ saddlery, stable gear, tack | gear for a horse. |
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