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Definition of 'double-wide'

double-wide in American

(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'

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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)

Nearby words of 'double-wide'

  • double-tongue
  • double-tongued
  • double-tonguing
  • double-wide
  • Doubleday
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Definition of double-wide from the Collins English Dictionary

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