| Hovel 1. (n.) An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. 2. (n.) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. 3. (n.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. 4. (v. t.) To put in a hovel; to shelter. Thesaurus Entries Augean stables, burrow, coop, crib, dump, hole, hut, hutch, pesthole, pigpen, pigsty, plague spot, rookery, shack, shanty, slum, stable, sty, tenement, the slums, tumbledown shack, warren | ![]() |