Explore Hovel through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hut or hutch. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hovel meaning
- An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
- A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
- In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
Using Hovel
- The main meaning on this page is: An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. | A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. | In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
- Useful related words include: hut, hutch, shack, shanty.
Context around Hovel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hovel
- In this selection, "hovel" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, home, william, modest, etc and drive stand out and add context to how "hovel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at our hovel s entrance and escape their hovel each half. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hovel" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hovel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Every home,hovel, etc has an American flag. (8 words)
You had to be Hercules to take care of the Hovel. (11 words)
Some of us dream to own a door to replace the gypsy curtain at our hovel’s entrance. (18 words)
That left them to escape their hovel each half-inning by standing on the warning track as the iron door swung open into the blazing 96-degree conditions (106-degree heat index). (32 words)
Nearby Sepphoris is the poor village of Nazareth, where Jesus lives in a less-than-modest hovel with his widowed mother, Mary, and his siblings. (25 words)
One person has been taken to the emergency department after a two-car crash on William Hovel Drive in Molonglo Valley. (21 words)
Example sentences (6)
Every home,hovel, etc has an American flag.
One person has been taken to the emergency department after a two-car crash on William Hovel Drive in Molonglo Valley.
Nearby Sepphoris is the poor village of Nazareth, where Jesus lives in a less-than-modest hovel with his widowed mother, Mary, and his siblings.
You had to be Hercules to take care of the Hovel.
Some of us dream to own a door to replace the gypsy curtain at our hovel’s entrance.
That left them to escape their hovel each half-inning by standing on the warning track as the iron door swung open into the blazing 96-degree conditions (106-degree heat index).