SINCE 1828
mobile home
nounDefinition of mobile home
: 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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Across the street from Davy, the once familiar line of trailers and mobile homes colorfully decorated with bright island themes had been leveled into a long stretch of debris. — NBC News, "Tornado fueled by Hurricane Dorian leaves NC island town wondering if it can recover," 8 Sep. 2019 This evacuation order also includes all people living in boats, recreational vehicles and mobile homes. — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, "Map: Hurricane Dorian evacuations in Florida, Georgia, Carolinas," 4 Sep. 2019 The evacuation includes mobile homes, substandard housing, low-lying areas prone to flooding and homes along the Intracoastal Waterway and on barrier islands. — Ramón Espinosa, USA TODAY, "Hurricane Dorian tears through Bahamas as dangerous Category 5 storm," 1 Sep. 2019 The evacuation includes mobile homes, substandard housing, low-lying areas prone to flooding and homes along the Intracoastal Waterway and on barrier islands. — Author: Ramón Espinosa, Anchorage Daily News, "Dorian closes in on Bahamas as dangerous Category 5 storm," 1 Sep. 2019 The pet friendly shelter will be open for residents who live in a mandatory evacuation zone, mobile home, or sub-standard housing. — Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, "Several hurricane shelters are now open in Palm Beach County. Here is a list and a map of them.," 1 Sep. 2019 Many businesses remained closed because of damage and several homes at the mobile home park Trousdale Estates were red-tagged. — Times Staff, latimes.com, "PHOTOS: 6.4 and 7.1 earthquakes rattle Southern California," 8 July 2019 Many businesses remained closed because of damage and several homes at the mobile home park Trousdale Estates were red-tagged. — Times Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, "PHOTOS: 6.4 and 7.1 earthquakes rattle Southern California," 8 July 2019 The affected tiny-houses-on-wheels are a small subset of mobile homes. — oregonlive.com, "Sales of certain tiny houses hampered over jurisdictional gap between Oregon agencies," 26 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mobile home.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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