tiny house

noun

plural tiny houses

: a small house or mobile home that typically has a floor plan of less than 500 square feet and that is usually designed for ergonomics and space efficiency

The Joneses are one of thousands of families around the United States who have chosen to live in a tiny house in the last few years. For some families, it's about saving money. Others love having a house they can move anywhere, because some are actually built on trailers and can be towed with a car.—

The New York Times Magazine

Now, students and recent graduates of Northwestern University are building a home that takes the tiny house concept one step further: a 128-square foot house that is totally off the grid, equipped with solar panels for energy, a battery bank that can store power for times when no solar power is available, and a system for harvesting rain water.—

Rebecca J. Rosen

—sometimes hyphenated when used before another noun

The rhetoric of modern tiny-house living begins with the assertion that big houses, aside from being wasteful and environmentally noxious, are debtors' prisons …—

Alec Wilkinson

Examples of tiny house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Scroll down to see even more tiny house designs, all of which are available on Amazon. —

Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2024 Modern Tiny Living View 14 Images The Mocha, by Modern Tiny Living, is a relatively low-cost tiny house envisioned as a vacation home, or even a full-time residence. —

Adam Williams, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2024 The only separate area of the tiny house is the bathroom. —

Adam Williams, New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024 The interior of the tiny house measures 160 sq ft (roughly 15 sq m) and is arranged on one floor. —

Adam Williams, New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tiny house

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