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 city of Bell owns both of the mobile home parks, which house about 300 families. Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025 Residents have the option of staying in their mobile home or buying one of these new modular houses. Sam Fuqua, NPR, 11 Dec. 2025 In one of the nation’s most expensive housing markets, a nonprofit says subsidized loans are still available to help low-income residents in San Mateo County mobile home parks. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025 Four Cal Fire firefighters trying to save a mobile home ended up seriously injured a few hours after the blaze ignited. Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 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 16 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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