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

Recent Examples on the Web Arizona Mills mall in Tempe reopens after shooting incident Friday night Fifth victim dies after Tempe mobile home fire in late August Shoppers frustrated by lack of retail in Mesa. Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2024 Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a 911 call about 6 p.m. Sunday at a mobile home in The Hamptons, a senior community in Auburndale, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a Wednesday press conference. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024 Terrytown Playground is opening as a shelter for Jefferson Parish residents who live in mobile homes. Axios, 10 Sep. 2024 But that was before investigators finishing spending hundreds of hours sifting through evidence since July 30, when police were called to couple's mobile home on a Tuesday at about 2:30 p.m. Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mobile home 

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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 2 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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