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 Hooven Avenue, the main drag in the residential area near Cleves, is lined with homes ranging from mobile homes to old farmhouses. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024 Among them was Sharonda Davis, one of several gathered at a Tallahassee shelter worried their mobile homes wouldn’t withstand the winds. Heather Hollingsworth, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024 Inside a Madison Heights mobile home, the child was repeatedly beaten, confined within a tent in one corner, sometimes held to a wall with staples through his clothes, and shot with a BB gun before dying at the hands of his mother and her boyfriend, authorities said. Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024 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 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 5 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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