Meaning & use
park home
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Meaning
nouncountableBritish
A small, factory-built house that is placed on a rented plot in a residential park for older people or holidaymakers.
Grammar: Countable: a park home, two park homes. Often used with 'live in' or 'stay in'.
Patterns
- live in a park home
- stay in a park home
- a park home site
After retiring, they sold their house and moved into a park home near the coast.
The park home was compact but had everything they needed.
Many park homes are located on sites reserved for people over fifty.
Word forms
| plural | park homes |
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Common combinations
- live in a park home
- They live in a park home on the edge of the village.
- park home site
- The park home site has its own community center.
- residential park home
- A residential park home is intended for permanent living, not just holidays.
- buy a park home
- They decided to buy a park home instead of a flat.
Synonyms and how they differ
- mobile home
- Similar in appearance, but a mobile home can be moved and is common in American English; a park home is usually fixed on a rented plot in Britain.
- static caravan
- A static caravan is a similar structure, but it is often used for holidays and may not be a permanent home.
Commonly confused: park home or caravan? park home or mobile home?
park home vs caravan
A caravan can be towed and is used for travel; a park home is larger and stays in one place.
park home vs mobile home
In the US, mobile home is the common term, but in the UK it may refer to a movable home, while park home is the legal term for a home on a park site.
Practice
What is a park home?
Choose one answer.
A park home is a factory-built house placed on a rented plot in a residential park, often for older people. Option An is wrong because it is not a house in a public park. Option C is wrong because it is not a tent. Option D is wrong because it is not a hotel.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “park home”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.