Definitions for hovel

hovel hov·el

Spelling: [huhv-uh l, hov-]
IPA: /ˈhʌv əl, ˈhɒv-/

Hovel is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in hovel (ehlov).

Definitions for hovel

noun

  1. a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut.
  2. any dirty, disorganized dwelling.
  3. an open shed, as for sheltering cattle or tools.

verb (used with object)

  1. to shelter or lodge as in a hovel.

Origin of hovel

1375-1425; late Middle English hovell, of uncertain origin

Examples for hovel

The soil and the hovel were his, descended to him from his forbears!

My first school, where I was so proud to be received, was a hovel on the edge of a swamp.

The hovel of a cutter of wood into lengths for burning, was the only house at that end; all else was wall.

If all else failed her, she told herself, there would be no Touraine hovel for her.

He owned a piece of land beside the hovel of Hyacinthe Fouan.

Pierre pictured the hovel in the old quarter, which had just been mentioned by Felicite.

When we first meet Bob, Tomlinson treats us to a description of the hovel in which he lives.

"She works out of a hovel, it is a broken-down building, just a shack," she said.

Certainly there was nothing gay to look at in the four corners of the hovel.

Yes, our love shall dwell in a palace of health, not in a hovel of disease.

Word Value for hovel
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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