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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Recreational areas, like mobile home parks and campsites, also may have fewer restrictions and less risk awareness than in places where people live year-round. Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025 Many of the mobile homes are old and unable to be moved without the risk of destroying the trailer, Kuecher said. Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025 In Harrisonville, Missouri, short-term rentals are currently limited by the way that each parcel of land is zoned, and are banned in mobile home and apartment districts. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025 Additional threats included damage to mobile homes, roofs, windows, and vehicles along the storm's path. Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 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 5 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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