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hovel definition

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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