hovel

  1. Noun.  An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
  2. Noun.  A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
  3. Noun.  In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter.

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