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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In 2019, Martin said goodbye to dear friends, including her former husband's family, and left to join her brother in a sunny, remote huddle of mobile homes in Arizona called Bouse. Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024 One person was killed after a fire ravaged a mobile home in Hallandale Beach on Friday, the third fatal fire in Broward in under two weeks. Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024 The raging waters had split someone’s mobile home in half, forcing Riley and her husband to drive through its ruins. Mackenzie Happe and Zoë Todd, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024 Local authorities responded to a 911 call about a structure fire in a mobile home community in the early morning hours of Oct. 12, the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department (DFR) tells PEOPLE. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024 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 21 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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