mobile home

Or mobile·home

noun

1. a large house trailer, designed for year-round living in one place.

mobile home

noun

1. living quarters mounted on wheels and capable of being towed by a motor vehicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of mobile home¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Jon Brown, whose family lived at the devastated Pacific Palisades Bowl mobile home park, had his own view.

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About 80% of the children at Berry Creek School still bed down each night in an RV or mobile home, according to Patsy Oxford, the former school superintendent.

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Additionally, The Times accessed data from the California Department of Housing and Community Development, which regulates mobile home parks.

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A lot of her former neighbors from the mobile home park died waiting, said Pat Crisco, 75, one of the Journey’s End residents who came back.

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“What is going to compel them to rebuild it as a mobile home park if they can’t even be motivated to clean it up?”

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Related Words

• camper 
• trailer