Definition of hovelnext
as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling refugees living in crowded hovels

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Recent Examples of hovel My friend was the definition of a reluctant landlord — an anti-Establishment type who furnished her grad-school hovel with wine crates and avoided any talk of money. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Jan. 2026 In what by American standards would be considered a hovel, Gong is raised by his aging grandparents, his mother having abandoned him as a small child. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025 But all the characters racing up and down the stairs of his uber-New York walk-up hovel are a howl. Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2025 Liu’s keen naturalist’s eye is ever-present in the portrayal of these multiethnic streets and basement hovels and food courts. Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hovel
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Noun
  • The teller’s arm swept around the long-hut, the circular walls of the fortress that enclosed them in its embrace.
    Maggie O’Farrell, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
  • As a scorching wind tears across the barren, rocky slopes of Komote Island off the shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Alfred Lenkutuk sits in the meager shelter of his hut, gazing out over the village where he was born and remembering better times.
    Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • The names of the camp manager, warden, and assistant warden have never been made publicly available.
    Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • Although his client safely returned to base camp, Dawa Sherpa never arrived, triggering growing concern as climbing teams left the mountain and seasonal route infrastructure was dismantled.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • While this area of Morgan Park just west of I-57 is rife with new development, the houses where the fire broke out were older shacks — one a brick structure, the other a frame structure with siding.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • What began as a small custard shack on West Thomas Street grew into a gathering place where generations of locals have celebrated little victories, cooled off after long days, and made memories over a delicious dessert.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
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  • Staff work out of greenhouses, laboratories and cabins in urban areas like Baltimore and in more rural offices near the 193 million acres of national forest and grassland that the agency manages.
    Chiara Eisner, NPR, 6 June 2026
  • Lower cabin altitude can help reduce the physiological stress associated with high-altitude travel, an important factor for passengers flying across time zones on long-haul routes.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 June 2026

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“Hovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hovel. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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