Hovel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small, miserable dwelling.
  • n. An open, low shed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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. In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
  • v. To put in a hovel; to shelter.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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. To put in a hovel; to shelter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or for protecting produce, farming implements, etc., from the weather.
  • n. A poor cottage; a small mean house; a wretched habitation.
  • n. A canopy with hanging sides over a statue; a niche for a statue.
  • n. In porcelain manufacturing, a cone-shaped brick structure surrounded by the ovens or firing-kilns.
  • To put in or as in a hovel; house meanly.
  • To form like an open hovel or shed: as, to hovel a chimney. See hoveling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  • Verb Form
    hovelled    hovelling    hovels   
    Variant
    hovelling    hovelled   
    Form
    hoveled    hovelled    hoveling    hovelling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hut    shelter    shed    house   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Lovell    shovel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shack    dwelling    hut    tenement    farmhouse    hamlet    cot    barrack    barn    shed