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 In Pensacola, Florida, strong winds uprooted a massive tree and toppled it onto Robert Havens' mobile home. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024 Now, she’s been sentenced but avoided prison time recommended by prosecutors after the theft ended at the Lava Bluff mobile home park in Hurricane, about 300 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, court records show. Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mobile home 

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Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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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 3 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

mobile home

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

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