Hovel (Noun)
Meaning
Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The homeless man had been living in a hovel on the outskirts of town for months, struggling to find a better place to call home.
- After the devastating hurricane, many families were forced to take shelter in a makeshift hovel, waiting for aid to arrive.
- The small, dilapidated hovel on the farm had been abandoned for years, a relic of a long-forgotten era.
- As a child, she remembered visiting her grandparents' humble hovel in the countryside, where they had raised a large family.
- Despite its ramshackle appearance, the hovel was home to a kind old woman who welcomed strangers with warmth and generosity.