hovel

[HovĀ·el]

A hovel is a small shed or dwelling, often messy, cramped, and crudely built, such as a shelter in a refugee camp or possibly your apartment if you have too much stuff and not enough time to clean.

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An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

Noun
small crude shelter used as a dwelling


n.
An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

n.
A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

n.
A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

v. t.
To put in a hovel; to shelter.


Hovel

Hov"el , n. [OE. hovel, hovil, prob. a dim. fr. AS. hof house; akin to D. & G. hof court, yard, Icel. hof temple; cf. Prov. E. hove to take shelter, heuf shelter, home.] 1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. Brande & C. 2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. 3. (Porcelain Manuf.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight.

Hovel

Hov"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoveled or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling.] To put in a hovel; to shelter.
To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon.
The poor are hoveled and hustled together.

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

To put in a hovel; to shelter.

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Usage Examples

Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

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