Webster's English Dictionary

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housing

1. hous.ing \'hau.-zin\ n 1a: SHELTER, LODGING  1b: dwellings provided for 
   people  2a: something that covers or protects  2b: a casing (as an enclosed 
   bearing) in which a shaft revolves  2c: a frame or other support for 
   mechanical parts  3: a portion of a mast that is beneath the deck or of a 
   bowsprit that is in board 4a: the space taken out of a structural member 
   (as a timber) to admit the i nsertion of part of another 4b: a niche for a 
   sculpture 
2. housing n 1: an ornamental cover for a saddle  pl  2: TRAPPINGS