Definition of hovel noun from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary. A house or room that is not fit to live in because it is dirty or in very bad condition. Your house is a miserable hovel compared with my รขโ‚ฌยฆ

Unpleasant places (definition of hovel from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus ยฉ cambridge university press) There are seven meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun hovel, two of which are labelled obsolete. See รขโ‚ฌหœmeaning & useรขโ‚ฌโ„ข for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. A small, very humble dwelling house; A wretched hut. See examples of hovel used in a sentence. A hovel is a small hut, especially one which is dirty or needs a lot of repair.

A wretched hut. See examples of hovel used in a sentence. A hovel is a small hut, especially one which is dirty or needs a lot of repair. They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.