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 Over the past decade, the city has worked to establish a new land-use category specifically for its 58 mobile home parks. Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital that a twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed into the mobile home park around 4:30 p.m. while approaching Steamboat Springs Airport/Bob Adams Field. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 18 June 2024 The 14% rate hike would affect the company’s personal lines business, which consists of single-family homes, private condominium units, mobile homes and rentals. Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2024 More than 50 people were displaced and one person was injured after five mobile homes caught fire in the Lazy Daze Mobile Home Community in Phoenix on Wednesday afternoon. Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 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 4 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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