Dictionary 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 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 |