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house

2 verb
     
house2 [transitive]
1 to provide someone with a place to live
house in
The refugees are being housed in temporary accommodation.
2 if a building, place, or container houses something, it is kept there
house in
The collection is currently housed in the British Museum.
the plastic case which houses the batteries
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