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 structure fire destroyed a mobile home and killed a 15-year-old boy at 12 Summer Drive near the Terrace Lakes Resort, Boise County Sheriff Scott Turner confirmed to the Idaho Statesman. Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 5 May 2025 Remember that sheds, storage facilities, mobile homes, and tents are not safe options. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2025 Sheds, storage facilities, mobile homes, and tents are not safe places to be. Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2025 The charges stemmed from a December 2023 investigation by the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office into conditions at a mobile home the couple shared with their kids, prosecutors said. Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 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 21 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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