noun
- a small, dirty, poorly built dwelling
Examples
- The family lived in a cramped hovel with a leaking roof.
- After losing his job, he was forced to move into a hovel on the outskirts of town.
- The abandoned hovel was barely standing after years of neglect.
- She couldn’t believe people actually lived in such a hovel.
- The charity worked to replace hovels with proper housing.
- The old hovel had no running water or electricity.