single-wide
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of single-wide
First recorded in 1965–70; by analogy with double-wide ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Russo, who had lived in West Hollywood for 24 years, thought she had found her paradise: a single-wide trailer in the Tahitian Terrace mobile home park across the street from Will Rogers State Beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025
Goodison’s single-wide trailer that he called home for 11 years — he had only one payment left — was destroyed.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022
It started out as a single-wide mobile home but it has so many additions that it looks like a brick-and-mortar home.
From Slate • May 11, 2022
Her childhood homes included a succession of single-wide trailers and a house shared by rats that had jumped from the dump across the street.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2021
A shadow shifted toward the back of the single-wide.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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