housings
SayHOW-zingz/ˈhaʊzɪŋz/
- 1Plural of housing.
Engineers tested the metal housings that protect the gears from dust.
The bearing housings were machined from a single block of steel.
Note
Only the countable meanings of housing take a plural. The mechanical one gives gear housings and bearing housings. A horse's housings are its ornamental saddlecloths and trappings, and in joinery housings are recesses cut so that one timber can be fitted into another. The meaning of residences collectively stays uncountable: a city needs more housing, not more housings.
housings is a form of housing
housing, noun: Buildings where people live, considered together as a single body. Full entry
- Forms
- housinghousings plural
- Spelling
- housing → housings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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