Synonyms for hovel

Grammar : Noun

Spell : huhv-uh l, hov-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌv əl, ˈhɒv-

Top 10 synonyms for hovel

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Définition of hovel

Origin : mid-14c., "roofed passage, vent for smoke," later "shed for animals" (mid-15c.), of unknown origin. Meaning "shed for human habitation; rude or miserable cabin" is from 1620s. It also sometimes meant "canopied niche for a statue or image" (mid-15c.).

noun tiny unkempt house

Example sentences :

The hovel of a cutter of wood into lengths for burning, was the only house at that end; all else was wall.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

He owned a piece of land beside the hovel of Hyacinthe Fouan.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

Yes, our love shall dwell in a palace of health, not in a hovel of disease.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Certainly there was nothing gay to look at in the four corners of the hovel.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Pierre pictured the hovel in the old quarter, which had just been mentioned by Felicite.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

If all else failed her, she told herself, there would be no Touraine hovel for her.
Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini

The soil and the hovel were his, descended to him from his forbears!
Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.

My first school, where I was so proud to be received, was a hovel on the edge of a swamp.
Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin

She could see the opening into the hovel now, and the cry was darting through her like a pain.
Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot

I entered alone the hovel where my husband lay; what a place it was!
Extract from : « The Grateful Indian » by W.H.G. Kingston

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