hovel
noun
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Synonyms for hovel
Synonyms
cabin, camp, hooch (or hootch) [slang], hut, hutch, hutment, shack, shanty
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These days, Will and Kate live in Kensington Palace in London, but back in her bachelorette phase, Kate wasn't living in a hovel with roommates and subsisting on ramen and hope like many recent grads. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "Kate Middleton's Net Worth Before She Married Prince William Will Make Your Jaw Drop," 22 Sep. 2018 Additionally, the nocturnal insects tended to return to consistent hovels to rest and relax during the day. — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, "How Tiny Trackers Could Help Humans Avoid Kissing Bugs’ Deadly Smooch," 9 July 2018 The play opens in a one-room hovel in a rebel army camp in Liberia. — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, "Southern Rep's 'Eclipsed' shows women's defiant spirit in face of dehumanizing war and oppression," 23 Apr. 2018 The idea of using house size as a proxy for economic status may not be revolutionary—a palace is bigger than a hovel, after all—but the researchers found a new way to gauge the economy of ancient settlements from structural measurements. — Matthew Shaer, Smithsonian, "The Archaeology of Wealth Inequality," 22 Feb. 2018 Episode 1: Frodo and Sam are sitting in their cold, dark underground hovel rubbing their hands over a small fire complaining about the lack of hobbit females to keep them company. — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, "Winter gold never gets old: Minister of Culture," 14 Feb. 2018 When the drill bit broke off yet again, Steen gathered his few samples and dejectedly started the 100-mile drive back to Cisco, Utah, where M.L. and the kids were set up in a tar-paper hovel renting for $15 a month. — Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, "2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Crew Cab Diesel," 27 July 2017 The ghastliest hovels, like Ruby’s house, often yield the highest returns. — Jennifer Senior, New York Times, "Review: In ‘Evicted,’ Home Is an Elusive Goal for America’s Poor," 21 Feb. 2016 Maybe the problem wasn't a scary series of tubes or a creepy guy with a webcam in a hovel. — Jordan Crucchiola, Wired News, "Unfriended and Horror's Long Tradition of Fearing New Tech," 17 Apr. 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hovel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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