mobile home

noun

: 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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Straight line winds can blow down trees, power lines, and damage mobile homes and other buildings. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025 The man allegedly fired shots for more than an hour and 20 minutes from several locations, including the parking lot of Plaza Mariachi, the 3500 block of Calais Circle, the parking lot of a strip shopping center at 3804 Nolensville Pike, and in the area of a mobile home park on Waikiki Boulevard. Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Nov. 2025 Stigma and barriers persist Thirty minutes away from Hillsboro, however, Reedsburg’s zoning ordinances prohibit mobile and manufactured homes outside of mobile home parks, where homeowners pay a monthly fee to rent a lot. Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025 Many advocates are also pushing for rent control policies in mobile home parks, limiting the amount that new owners can raise rents annually. Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025 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 13 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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