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hovel

[ huhv-uhl, hov- ]

noun

  1. a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut.
  2. any dirty, disorganized dwelling.
  3. an open shed, as for sheltering cattle or tools.


verb (used with object)

, hov·eled, hov·el·ing or (especially British) hov·elled, hov·el·ling.
  1. to shelter or lodge as in a hovel.

hovel

/ ˈhʌvəl; ˈhɒv- /

noun

  1. a ramshackle dwelling place
  2. an open shed for livestock, carts, etc
  3. the conical building enclosing a kiln
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to shelter or be sheltered in a hovel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hovel1

1375–1425; late Middle English hovell, of uncertain origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hovel1

C15: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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.

Alessandro's face haunted him, and also the memory of Ramona's, as she lay tossing and moaning in the wretched Cahuilla hovel.

For several days previous, I had been actively engaged in building my own little room, and making our hovel comfortable.

Maria and Sebastian were brought up in a hovel with a mud floor, and only one room, shared with the donkey and the goat.

Kent, still unrecognized by Lear, endeavors to persuade him to take refuge in a hovel.

A woman was at the entrance to our hovel, looking down full at us.

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