hovel

hov·el  (hvl, hv-)

n.

1. A small, miserable dwelling.

2. An open, low shed.

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[Middle English, hut.]

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hovel [ˈhʌv^əl ˈhɒv-]

n

1. a ramshackle dwelling place

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) an open shed for livestock, carts, etc.

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) the conical building enclosing a kiln

vb -els, -elling, -elled US, -els -eling, -eled

to shelter or be sheltered in a hovel

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hovel - small crude shelter used as a dwelling shack, shanty, hut, hutch igloo, iglu - an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome mudhif - a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained shelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

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hovel

noun

1. hut, hole, shed, cabin, den, slum, shack, shanty They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.

2. dump, hole, pigsty The room I was given was a hovel.

Translations

hovel [ˈhɒvəl] N → casucha f, cuchitril m, tugurio m (esp LAm)

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hovel [ˈhʌv^əl ˈhɒv^əl] n → taudis m

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hovel

n → armselige Hütte; (fig pej) → Bruchbude f, → Loch nt (inf)

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hovel [ˈhɒv/əl] n → tugurio

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hovel [ˈhɒv/əl] n → tugurio

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hovel

n hovel [ˈhovəl, (American ) ˈha-]

a small, dirty house. pondok مَسْكِن بَسيط، زَريبَه бордей chatrč skur der Schuppen τρώγλη cuchitril, tugurio sara آلونك murju taudis בַּיִת מוּזנָח झोपड़ी, छप्पर kolibica, potleušica viskó gubuk hreysi tugurio あばら家 (경멸적) 오두막 lūšna būda kediaman yang kotor dan tidak sempurna krot rønne, falleferdig hytte rudera cabana co­cioa­bă, coşmelie лачуга chatrč koliba udžerica ruckel, kyffe กระต๊อบ ufak pis ev 簡陋骯髒的住處 халупа جھونپڑی nơi ở rất tồi tàn và dơ dáy 陋室