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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Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2025 Brittany Franklin remembers waiting for an evacuation order in her Yancey County mobile home, but one never came. Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025 During the upcoming hearing, parties are expected to discuss a motion that asks the court to dismiss all claims against the mobile home park and against Lopez as an individual. Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025 It was sold in 1947 to Ed Wildenberg, who replaced the campsites with mobile homes. Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 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 29 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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