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Definition of 'double-wide'

double-wide in American English (ˈdʌbəlˌwaɪd ; dubˈəlwīdˌ)

noun

a mobile home consisting of two modular sections connected lengthwise making the width double that of a typical mobile home

: sometimes written ˈdoubleˌwide

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Example sentences containing 'double-wide'

A squat double-wide rowhouse of crumbling brick, it had a heavy metal door and no windows at all on the first floor.

Laura Lippman IN A STRANGE CITY (2001)

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Definition of double-wide from the Collins English Dictionary

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