housing

Homes for people to live in, considered as a group.

• The town needs more housing.
• Housing prices rose sharply last year.
• Students can apply for university housing.

Similar words: accommodation

Common phrases: affordable housing, public housing, housing market

A cover or container that holds and protects a machine or one of its parts.

• The motor has a metal housing.
• Remove the housing before replacing the fan.
• Water entered through a crack in the housing.

Similar words: casing, case, enclosure

Common phrases: motor housing, plastic housing, protective housing

The act of providing someone with a home or putting something inside a suitable space.

• Housing of homeless families is urgent.
• The charity pays for the temporary housing of refugees.
• Safe housing of the equipment required a larger building.

How to use it: housing of someone/something (The housing of rescued animals requires careful planning.)

Common phrases: housing of families, housing of refugees, housing of equipment