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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Li’l Abner’s closure comes as mobile home parks throughout Miami-Dade are being shuttered. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 One person is dead after a doublewide mobile home caught fire in Northern Kentucky. David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2025 Evacuation warnings were lifted after firefighters stopped the forward progress of a blaze that broke out Friday afternoon behind a Spring Valley mobile home park, Cal Fire officials said. Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 At least five homes were burning in the rural town, which has a mix of freestanding and mobile homes. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 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 10 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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