Hovel
['hɒv(ə)l] or ['hʌvl]
Definition
(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. t.) To put in a hovel; to shelter.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Shed, hut, cot, cabin, mean habitation.
Checker: Noelle
Definition
n. a small or mean dwelling: a shed.—v.t. to put in a hovel: to shelter: to construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others or making an opening on one side near the top:—pr.p. hov′elling; pa.p. hov′elled.—n. Hov′eller a boatman acting as a non-certificated pilot or doing any kind of occasional work on the coast: a small coasting-vessel.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The fruit of a flower called the Palace.
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Examples
- Soon after my arrival in the hovel, I discovered some papers in the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Again I rose; and, exerting all the firmness of which I was master, removed the planks which I had placed before my hovel to conceal my retreat. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The hovel of a cutter of wood into lengths for burning, was the only house at that end; all else was wall. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Being thus provided, I resolved to reside in this hovel, until something should occur which might alter my determination. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I continued for the remainder of the day in my hovel in a state of utter and stupid despair. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- This hovel, however, joined a cottage of a neat and pleasant appearance; but, after my late dearly-bought experience, I dared not enter it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I crept into my hovel, and remained in silent expectation of the accustomed hour when the family arose. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- There was housed in his memory a vivid picture of the face of a little boy as he entered the hovel where Clym's mother lay. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I eagerly seized the prize, and returned with it to my hovel. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- His shivering came on again, and as he leaned against the wall, he shook the hovel. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They swarmed out of mud bee-hives; out of hovels of the dry-goods box pattern; out of gaping caves under shelving rocks; out of crevices in the earth. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Brown, soft-eyed children ran out from the quaint stone hovels to offer nosegays, or bunches of oranges still on the bough. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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