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

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One woman is dead and two other individuals are injured after a fire at a mobile home in Southern Indiana, Salem Fire Chief Mark Day confirmed. Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Oct. 2025 From Hot Dogs To Tacos Before Tacos Oaxaca, the mobile home was Byrd’s Drive-In, your typical hotdog and burger joint, popular with local farmers in need of a quick bite. Natalie Hoy, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025 Neither is a mobile home or tent. Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025 People who lack access to air conditioning are particularly vulnerable — those experiencing homelessness, as well as residents of low-income neighborhoods and mobile homes. Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 Oct. 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 25 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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