housed

Provided a dwelling

Housed is the past tense of house, meaning to provide shelter or accommodation.

People are housed in apartments, refugees in camps, equipment in warehouses: The museum housed an impressive collection of artifacts.

To be housed somewhere is to be contained or stored there.

We housed the exchange students for a week.

protected

sheltered

Kept safe from harm

shielded · fortified · insulated · preserved · safeguarded · harbored · ensconced · enclosed · contained · covered

shelter

refuge

Place of safety

cabin · hut · tent · shanty · lean-to · bivouac · dormitory · barracks · quarters · bunker

residential

apartment

Rented unit in building

bungalow · cottage · villa · mansion · estate · tenement · homeownership · suburbia · neighborhood · zoning

rented

tenant

One who rents property

  • landlordProperty owner renting out
  • leaseTemporary use contract
  • rentPayment for temporary use

rental · sublet · eviction · lodging · boarding · rooming · leasehold · occupants · dwellers · inhabitants

contained

encased

Completely surrounded by covering

embedded · fitted · enclosed · compartment · cabinet · chassis · casing · unit · module · chamber

Categories
Opposites
shelter/dwelling status

housedhomeless

Without a dwelling

unhoused · evicted · houseless · shelterless · unsheltered

containment/enclosure

housedexposed

Out in open

uncontained · unenclosed · uncovered · loose · removed

removal from dwelling

housedevicted

Removed from property legally

ejected · expelled · dispossessed · ousted · thrown out

Phrases
Family

house, household, housing, houses, warehouse, greenhouse, housekeeper, farmhouse, dollhouse

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G