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upright
Adjective
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A long or flat thing is upright when it is at a right angle to the ground. That means that one end is exactly above the other end.
There was so much heavy ice on the tree that the whole tree bent down close to the ground, but after the ice melted, the tree went back upright again.
housing
Noun
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Housing is the homes or residences where people live in a city, state, country, etc.
The housing market in is expensive.
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A machine or part's housing is the area or container it is in.
We had to remove the housing to replace the fan.