mobile home

noun

Synonyms of mobile homenext
: 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

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The fatal encounter unfolded early Sunday afternoon at a mobile home park not far from The Big Easy Casino in Hallandale Beach. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 Residents of the Eagle MHC, formerly called Riviera Estates, mobile home park across South Trout Road urged the council to consider how the project could affect them. — Noah Daly august 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2026 Johnson’s latest listing comes nearly six years after the fashion designer, 83, sold her pink Malibu mobile home for nearly $2 million in the fall of 2019, according to Business Insider. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 Many of the opponents of the project live in the Green Valley mobile home community between Buena Vista Creek and the project site on Sky Haven Lane. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobile home

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 5 Aug. 2026.

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mobile home

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

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