housing
Noun
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Structures collectively in which people are housed (synset 103551520)
is a type of: construction, structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many partssubtypes:
- 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
- camp - temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
- condominium - housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned
- abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home - housing that someone is living in
- hospice - a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)
- hostel, student lodging, youth hostel - inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
- living quarters, quarters - housing available for people to live in
- 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
- quartering - living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
- rattrap - filthy run-down dilapidated housing
- shelter - temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
- tract housing - housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land
same as: living accommodations, lodging -
A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component (synset 103551946)
is a type of: protection, protective cover, protective covering - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injurysubtypes:
- 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
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Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse (synset 102958976)
subtypes:
- bard - an ornamental caparison for a horse
- horsecloth - a cloth for the trapping of a horse
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