mobile home

English

Noun

mobile home (plural mobile homes)

A prefabricated home built in a factory, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where it will be occupied.
Synonyms: (US) doublewide, house trailer, trailer home, trailer, manufactured home

Usage notes

This term contrasts with motor home, which is a vehicle meant to be a mobile, temporary residence, often for camping or vacationing. Mobile homes are generally moved to a permanent or semi-permanent location and then meant to be a long-term, fixed-location residence.

Translations

prefabricated home

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: siirrettävä talo
French: maison mobile (fr) f, mobile home (fr)
Polish: dom na kółkach m, dom mobilny m

See also

trailer

Further reading

“mobile home”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“mobile home”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“mobile home”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“mobile home”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

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