hob
1
5.1
- noun
- /hɑb/
- UK
:
placa de cocina
- The hob heated up quickly, allowing him to start cooking dinner right away.
Examples
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When you are cooking the spag bol for tonight's meal, just remember to ensure you have the stove hob well ventilated.
Blog text (33) -
I'm going to take it off the hob, off the heat, get rid of all the water.
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John is stirring a pot on the hob.
Fiction book (2001) -
CUT TO: A pot of stew, bubbling on the hob.
Fiction book (2001) -
Once the rice is ready (it should be al dente), remove the pot from the hob and add some butter and the Parmigiano.
Blog text (7) -
She placed the saucepan on the hob to boil the vegetables.
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After pouring the pasta into the pot, he set it on the hob to cook.
Synonyms
110
1.0
A kitchen appliance with hot burners used to cook food
32
1.0
A device like an oven or stove used for cooking food
3
3.6
A flat surface with burners for cooking food built into a kitchen counter
2
4.1
A device that burns wood or coal to cook food
Made on the top of a stove instead of in an oven
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Etymology
Hob for the cooker top keeps the same idea: it grew from the old 'warm shelf' by the fire to mean the flat surface on a stove where you heat pots. That's why the modern hob is the warm cooking surface you put pans on.