Hovel Definition

hŭvəl, hŏv-
hoveled, hovel, hovelled, hovelling, hovels
noun
hovels
A low, open shed as for sheltering animals or storing supplies or equipment.
Webster's New World
Any small, miserable dwelling; hut.
Webster's New World

In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

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verb
hovelled, hovelling, hovels
To shelter in a hovel.
Webster's New World

To put in a hovel; to shelter.

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Other Word Forms of Hovel

Noun

Singular:
hovel
Plural:
hovels

Origin of Hovel

  • From Middle English hovel, hovil, hovylle, diminutive of Old English hof (“an enclosure, court, dwelling, house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“arch, bend, buckle”), equivalent to howf +‎ -el. Cognate with Dutch hof (“garden, court”), German Hof (“yard, garden, court, palace”), Icelandic hof (“temple, hall”). Related to hove and hover.

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  • Middle English hut

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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