Meaning & use
Housed
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Provided with a place to live or be kept; given shelter or storage.
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The refugees were housed in a temporary shelter near the border.
The museum's rare manuscripts are housed in a climate-controlled vault.
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Beyond people, "housed" often describes objects or equipment enclosed within a structure, as in "the engine is housed in a steel casing."
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