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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John Mark Steward, 65, died after being carried off in his mobile home in Kerrville, his wife told The San Antonio Express-News. Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 Water had risen up to the door of their mobile home, which was eventually swept off its platform and floated down Goat Creek on the Guadalupe, Steward shared. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 Another victim, 65-year-old John Mark Steward of Kerrville, died after his mobile home was swept into Goat Creek on the Guadalupe River, his wife said. Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Lidia, her husband, and their sons lived in a tidy mobile home about thirty miles northwest of Minneapolis. Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 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 31 Jul. 2026.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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