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хлев — meaning in English

khlev

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English meaning

  • byre noun A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
  • hovel noun A small, poorly built and often squalid dwelling; a shack.
  • pigsty noun A pen where pigs are kept.
  • stable noun A building where horses or other animals are kept and cared for.
  • stall noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.
  • sty noun A pen where pigs are kept.

Senses

хлев is used for these senses in English:

  • byre (chiefly, British) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
  • cowshed A shed for keeping cows.
  • hovel An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
  • pigsty An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
  • pigsty (colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place.
  • stable A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
  • stall (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
  • sty A pen or enclosure for swine.

hovel — full definition

  1. noun A small, poorly built and often squalid dwelling; a shack.
  2. noun A simple open shed for sheltering animals or storing produce.

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