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The definition of a hovel is a small shelter, or a low, open shed.

(noun)

An example of a hovel is a tiny cramped apartment.

Hovel is defined as to shelter or store in a tiny space.

(verb)

An example of hovel is for a squirrel to store nuts in a tiny hole.

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See hovel in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: ME < ?

transitive verb hoveled or hovelled, hoveling or hovelling

to shelter in a hovel

See hovel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small, miserable dwelling.
An open, low shed.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, hut

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