hovel

Noun

A small, squalid, unpleasant, or simply constructed dwelling.

ریشه

Middle English, from Old English hofel, diminutive of hof ‘hall, dwelling’.

مثال

• They lived in a tiny hovel on the outskirts of town.
• The refugees were forced to build hovels for shelter.
• The hovel was barely standing, with its roof caving in.

ترکیب‌های رایج

tiny hovel squalid hovel live in a hovel