hovel
a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut.
any dirty, disorganized dwelling.
an open shed, as for sheltering cattle or tools.
to shelter or lodge as in a hovel.
Origin of hovel
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How to use hovel in a sentence
Pat has been living in this high-life hovel since 2008, when our mutual friend John Nicoletta convinced a couple of real estate developers to let local skids live in the building until it was torn down, which, back then, was supposed to be imminent.
When we first meet Bob, Tomlinson treats us to a description of the hovel in which he lives.
"She works out of a hovel, it is a broken-down building, just a shack," she said.
A Rare Meeting with Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi | Liz Goodwin | March 12, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTAlessandro's face haunted him, and also the memory of Ramona's, as she lay tossing and moaning in the wretched Cahuilla hovel.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonFor several days previous, I had been actively engaged in building my own little room, and making our hovel comfortable.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John Foxe
Maria and Sebastian were brought up in a hovel with a mud floor, and only one room, shared with the donkey and the goat.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonKent, still unrecognized by Lear, endeavors to persuade him to take refuge in a hovel.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare | Leo TolstoyA woman was at the entrance to our hovel, looking down full at us.
The Escape of a Princess Pat | George Pearson
British Dictionary definitions for hovel
/ (ˈhʌvəl, ˈhɒv-) /
a ramshackle dwelling place
an open shed for livestock, carts, etc
the conical building enclosing a kiln
to shelter or be sheltered in a hovel
Origin of hovel
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