English

Etymology
Likely a diminutive form of the Anglo-Saxon hof, or house.

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�v�l|-�v�l

Noun
en-noun

1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
3. In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

Verb
en-verb|hovels|hoveling|hoveled

1. transitive To put in a hovel; to shelter.

#* To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. -- Shakespeare
#* The poor are hoveled and hustled together. -- Tennyson

fa:hovel
fr:hovel
io:hovel
fi:hovel
te:hovel
vi:hovel
zh:hovel

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