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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One person is dead following a fire at a mobile home park in Branford where another fatal fire occurred last month. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2025 Florida Highway Patrol told WESH the child was riding a bike in an Apopka mobile home park at about 5 p.m. Jan. 18 when the driver of a 2003 Chevy Suburban drove past a stop sign and hit him. Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025 All three of Beverly Murphy’s dogs were killed in the fire that destroyed her mobile home near Southwest Eighth Street and 130th Avenue in Davie, according to family and media reports. Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025 Plans are offered for single-family and multiple units, condos, mobile homes, rental properties and manufactured homes. Ana Staples, CNBC, 30 Dec. 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 29 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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