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housing

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"Homes to live in"

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted ghinosuStarts with HEnds with G1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Homes or living places; also an outer case for equipment.

Word origin

From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).

Used in a sentence

  • She lives in low-income housing.
  • The gears were grinding against their housing.
  • We are housing the company's servers in Florida.

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