Synonyms for hovel


Grammar : Noun
Spell : huhv-uh l, hov-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌv əl, ˈhɒv-

Top 10 synonyms for hovel Other synonyms for the word hovel

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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