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Hovels

Part of speech: Noun

Definition: Small, poorly built and overcrowded houses or dwellings, typically of a low standard and lacking basic amenities.

Example sentence:

1. The slum area was filled with dilapidated hovels that were barely fit for human habitation.

2. The impoverished villagers lived in tiny hovels made of mud and straw.

Hovels

Part of speech: Verb

Definition: To live in or as if in a hovel.

Example sentence:

1. Due to their financial situation, they had to hovel in a cramped apartment for several years.

2. Some families hovel in temporary shelters while waiting for permanent housing.

Hovels

Part of speech: Adjective

Definition: Referring to something that resembles or is characteristic of a hovel, typically dirty, dark, and cramped.

Example sentence:

1. The basement was a hovel-like space filled with old furniture and cobwebs.

2. The students were dismayed to enter a hovel classroom with broken desks and dim lighting.

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