mobile home

American  

Or mobilehome

noun

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

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mobile home British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of mobile home

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The 2008 survey, which the council said was sent to residents in 2009, included a walk around of the mobile home site.

From BBC

Crews finally are removing fire debris from the Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Estates, a roughly 170-unit, rent-controlled mobile home park along Pacific Coast Highway.

From Los Angeles Times

He had about $47 in his bank account and was living in a mobile home in Raleigh, N.C., he said, when on the advice of his uncle he started looking for a sales job.

From The Wall Street Journal

I settled my father’s estate, but found a will deeding a mobile home to his stepson.

From MarketWatch

As an only child, you had every reason to believe, in the absence of the will, that you were the sole heir of the mobile home.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• camper
• trailer