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hovel (huv′əl, häv′-)

noun

  1. a low, open shed as for sheltering animals or storing supplies or equipment
  2. any small, miserable dwelling; hut

Etymology: ME < ?

transitive verb hoveled -·eled or hovelled -·elled, hoveling -·el·ing or hovelling -·el·ling

to shelter in a hovel

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hovel Synonyms

hovel

n.

cottage, shed, cabin; see hut, shack.


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hovel Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • enter: The Tour will not require you to enter a Hovel that is inhabited.

Noun used with modifier

  • one-room: So how did a one-room hovel become today's desirable country cottage?

Adjective modifier

  • wretched: She lives in a wretched, filthy hovel with two grown up daughters whom she will not suffer to work or learn anything.

Preposition: in

  • town: Old Meg You live in a hovel in the town.
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