Housing

What “Housing” means

Noun

1. The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
2. Residences, collectively.
3. A mechanical component's container or covering.
4. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
5. An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.

Where the word comes from

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”).

Business name ideas with “Housing”

Industries where “Housing” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• New Housing For-Sale Builders
• New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)
• New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)
• Other Community Housing Services