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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Representatives for the property’s management agreed in the decree to remediate the property, including demolishing vacant mobile homes, relocating squatters, keeping the property buildings secure and maintaining waste disposal and lawn maintenance. Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025 Does Myers have the savings to buy a new mobile home? Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 14 July 2025 Only about 8% of flood deaths in the last 60 years happened in permanent homes, mobile homes or camping, according to the study. Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025 The Coast Guard rescued three and assisted four others in a mobile home community in Leander. Julia Gomez, USA Today, 9 July 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 27 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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