mobile home

noun

Synonyms of mobile homenext
: a dwelling structure built on a steel chassis and fitted with wheels that is intended to be hauled to a usually permanent site compare motor home

Examples of mobile home in a Sentence

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The Lakeville resident was found by basketball courts in a mobile home community in Burnsville. Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 26 Feb. 2026 The man who admitted to setting a mobile home on fire in Stockton, California, killing a mother and two of her young sons, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Richard Ramos, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026 Wreckage from intense winds accounts for half of all severe weather reports in the lower 48 states, with people living in mobile homes particularly at risk for injury and death. Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026 Relations in the mobile home started to fray. Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobile home

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mobile home was in 1934

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“Mobile home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobile%20home. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.

Kids Definition

mobile home

noun
: a trailer that is used as a dwelling at a permanent site

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