Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trailer \Trail"er\, n.
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a wheeled vehicle without a motor, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle in front of it; specifically:
such a vehicle used on street railroads. Called also trail car.
the large wheeled wagon or van pulled by a tractor in a tractor-trailer combination.
a vehicle equipped as a mobile dwelling unit, pulled by an automobile or other mtor vehicle, and used as a dwelling when parked; -- also called a mobile home.
A wheeled motorless open wagon designed to carry a heavy object, such as a boat trailer.
(Movies) A short blank segment of movie film attached to the end; -- used for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
(Movies) A short film consisting primarily of one or more short portions of a film, used in promotions or advertisements shortly before initial release of a film.
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A part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object; as, the trailer of a plant.
trailer park. An area equipped to accommodate trailers[2], often with outlets supplying electrical power and water. Called also trailer camp, trailer court.
Wiktionary
n. A prefabricated home built in a factory, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where it will be occupy.
WordNet
n. a large house trailer that that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing [syn: manufactured home]
Wikipedia
A mobile home (also trailer, trailer home, house trailer, static caravan, caravan) is a prefabricated structure, built in a factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to site (either by being towed or on a trailer). Used as permanent homes, for holiday or temporary accommodation, they are left often permanently or semi-permanently in one place, but can be moved, and may be required to move from time to time for legal reasons.
Mobile homes share the same historic origins as travel trailers, but today the two are very different in size and furnishings, with travel trailers being used primarily as temporary or vacation homes. Behind the cosmetic work fitted at installation to hide the base, there are strong trailer frames, axles, wheels, and tow-hitches.
Mobile Home is the second and final album by Longpigs, released in 1999 on U2's record label Mother.
Mobile Home is a 2012 Belgian comedy-drama film directed by François Pirot. It was written by Pirotand, Marteen Loix and Jean-Benoît Ugeux. It premiered on August 4, 2012, at the Locarno International Film Festival. The film was nominated for seven Magritte Awards, winning Most Promising Actress and Best Original Score.
Usage examples of "mobile home".
East of Panama City, used car and mobile home lots with hand-painted signs, boxy fast-food joints, and staccato stoplights dissolved into pine forests that sporadically separated the pavement from a clear view of the Gulf.
He still lived with his parents, who owned and operated the Pot O'Gold Mobile Home Park, where half the town lived in metal crates with wall-to-wall shag and all the modern conveniences except privacy and security from unscheduled flights to Oz.
I was about to ask Ruby Bee what the hell she'd been looking for at Jaylee's mobile home when the ninth player stumbled onto the scene.
THE Writer eagerly pawed through the mail box hanging at a precarious tilt from the door of his rusted, dilapidated mobile home.
I mean, we could get us a mobile home over at the Pot O' Gold and save all our money right here in this bank so we can have a little house some day with a garden and a porch swing and a washer-dryer.
The manager of the Pot o' Gold Mobile Home Park, as well as Earl Buchanon, could handle security in their respective campgrounds.
As the man was mounting the steps to their front door, his back turned to her, she rolled out the front door of the car, dropping to her knees, pulling the gun out of the glove compartment, and took cover behind the corner of the mobile home, sighting down the side of the house, drawing a bead on the center of the man's windbreaker.
Their new temporary hideout until they were regrouped consisted of a double-width mobile home situated among trees on hilly ground to the north side of the city, between Signal Mountain and the river.
He was a lot nicer to me than before, and he gave me a piece of land for my mobile home and kennels.