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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The nonprofit planned to focus much of its planting in mobile home parks, which were some of the areas slowest to recover after the fire. Eva Tesfaye, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025 The flooding from the French Broad River sent two feet of water into her mobile home, destroying floors, walls and possessions, and filling the home with mold. Ames Alexander and, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025 Twenty six of those — including Schmid’s — were at the Laurelwood mobile home park. Ames Alexander (inactive0, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025 In late January, FEMA provided that, handing her the keys to a temporary trailer at a quiet mobile home park in Black Mountain. Ames Alexander (inactive0, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 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 19 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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