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

Recent Examples on the Web In California, a 74-year-old woman was presumed dead after her mobile home was washed away by floodwaters, mud and debris along the Santa Ana River in San Bernardino County. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024 More than 70 renters in two apartment complexes and a mobile home park in the northern part of National City, where residents waded through waist-deep water, were among those who reportedly faced evictions. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024 The identities of the three people who died after a plane crashed into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday evening have been revealed. Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024 In Catawba County, North Carolina, one person died and four other people were hospitalized when severe winds, possibly from a tornado, struck a mobile home park, damaging multiple residences, county officials said in a statement. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2024 The governor left quickly after his speech Tuesday, heading over to the state’s emergency operations center for a short news conference to address the damage in north Florida, where tornadoes pummeled mobile homes and buildings in several communities. Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024 Both men, employed by K&M Transport were preparing a mobile home for a Tuesday removal when the air jacks holding the structure up failed in Fostoria, about 40 miles south of Toledo in northern Ohio, the Seneca County Sheriff's Office said. Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024 Clearwater Fire Chief Scott Ehlers later said during a media briefing that when authorities arrived on the scene, the small plane was discovered in one of four mobile homes impacted by the crash. Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024 Firefighters responded around 7:15 p.m. local time to the crash site at the Bayside Waters mobile home park, city Fire Chief Scott Ehlers said Thursday during a news briefing. Alexandra Banner, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024

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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 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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