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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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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 One half of a two-person Denver company that creates skoolies, or buses converted into mobile homes, is accusing the other of stealing company funds and competing against it. Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025 Roughly 30 percent of the county lives in mobile homes — the vast majority of which rely on well water — and 40 percent live below the poverty line. Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025 According to court records, Walls broke into the Florida Panhandle mobile home of Eglin Air Force Base airman Edward Alger and his girlfriend, Ann Peterson, in July 1987. CBS News, 19 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 5 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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