English Dictionary

hovel

/ˈhɒvəl/

noun

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. / A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

The farmer built a hovel to provide shelter for his cattle.

意味（1）

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

意味（2）

A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

'Behold! once more I kiss thee, and by that kiss I give to thee dominion over sea and earth, over the peasant in his hovel, over the monarch in his palace halls, and cities crowned with towers, and those who breathe therein.'

意味（3）

In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.