Definition of mobile
(Entry 1 of 4)
1 : capable of moving or being moved : movable a mobile missile launcher a mobile laboratory
2a : changeable in appearance, mood, or purpose
mobile face
3 : migratory a mobile society of nomadic herders
4a : characterized by the mixing of social groups
the general confusion in moral standards which characterizes mobile societies— E. R. Mowrer
b : having the opportunity for or undergoing a shift in status within the levels of a society
socially mobile workers
5 : marked by the use of vehicles for transportation
mobile warfare
6 : of or relating to a mobile
A mobile art work hung from the ceiling.
7 : cellular sense 3 a mobile phone
mobile
nounDefinition of mobile (Entry 2 of 4)
1 : a construction or sculpture frequently of wire and sheet metal shapes with parts that can be set in motion by air currents also : a similar structure (as of paper or plastic) suspended so that it moves in a current of air
-mobile
noun combining formDefinition of -mobile (Entry 3 of 4)
1 : motorized vehicle
snowmobile
2 : automotive vehicle bringing services to the public
bloodmobile bookmobile
Mobile
geographical nameDefinition of Mobile (Entry 4 of 4)
1 river 38 miles (61 kilometers) long in southwestern Alabama formed by the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers and flowing south into
Mobile Bay (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico)
2 city and port at the point where the Mobile River enters Mobile Bay in southwestern Alabama population 195,111
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The first known use of mobile was in the 15th century
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