Associations to the word «Hovel»

Wiktionary

HOVEL, noun. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
HOVEL, noun. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
HOVEL, noun. In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
HOVEL, verb. (transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter.

Dictionary definition

HOVEL, noun. Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley