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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Remember that sheds, storage facilities, mobile homes, and tents are not safe options. Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025 Keep in mind that sheds, storage facilities, mobile homes, and tents are not safe options. Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025 Across the street at a mobile home park, houses disappeared into the wind. Brittney Melton, NPR, 19 May 2025 In an exclusive look provided to Fox News Digital, Rev. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, dedicated the first mobile homes completed as part of a massive rebuilding effort aimed at restoring hope to families devastated by the storm. Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 17 May 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 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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