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HOUSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("housing" is a kind of...):
saddlery; stable gear; tack (gear for a horse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "housing"):
bard (an ornamental caparison for a horse)
horsecloth (a cloth for the trapping of a horse)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Structures collectively in which people are housed
Synonyms:
housing; living accommodations; lodging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("housing" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "housing"):
tract housing (housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land)
shelter (temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons)
rattrap (filthy run-down dilapidated housing)
quartering (living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel))
pied-a-terre (lodging for occasional or secondary use)
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)
living quarters; quarters (housing available for people to live in)
hostel; student lodging; youth hostel (inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips))
hospice (a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order))
abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)
condominium (housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned)
camp (temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers)
block (housing in a large building that is divided into separate units)
billet (lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home))
apartment; flat (a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house)
Derivation:
house (provide housing for)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("housing" is a kind of...):
protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "housing"):
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))
radar dome; radome (a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves)
case; casing; shell (the housing or outer covering of something)
Derivation:
house (contain or cover)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb house
Context examples:
People in the Sonoran Desert and Tonto Basin, in what is today Arizona, were more culturally advanced, with irrigation, ball courts, and eventually elevated platform mounds and compounds housing elite families.
(Scientists chart a baby boom in southwestern Native Americans from 500 to 1300 A.D., NSF)
These include static microisolator housing, handling animals with disinfected forceps, opening animal cages only in a hood, cage-by-cage testing and requiring that full barrier garb be worn by all persons entering animal rooms.
(Barrier Animal Facility Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
It is used in a variety of applications in biomedical research including cardiovascular studies, and its small size makes it an ideal animal model due to its relative ease of handling and smaller housing requirements.
(Gottingen Pig, NCI Thesaurus)
Universal access to electricity and adequate and affordable housing are prerequisites to accessing cooling technologies, and are closely linked to meeting several of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mandated by the UN, the study notes.
(Billions at risk from heat stress at home, SciDev.Net)
The researchers looked at the energy needed to meet cooling needs of populations exposed to heat stress by taking into account climatic conditions, type of housing, access to electricity and ownership of air conditioners.
(Billions at risk from heat stress at home, SciDev.Net)
