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cooktop

cooktop

3 3.6
A flat surface with burners for cooking food built into a kitchen counter
  • noun
  • /ˈkʊkˌtɑp/
  • US
translation icon : placa de cocina
  • The chef gently placed the pot on the cooktop to begin preparing the pasta.
  • burner cooktop
  • electric cooktop
  • gas cooktop

Almost every Japanese gas cooktop has three burners and a stride out grill.

Examples

  • I learned how to adjust the temperature on the cooktop - you move the skillet.

    Blog text (11)
  • The first is that all fires on the cooktop should be put out with a lid.

    Blog text (13)
  • We have a propane cooktop, so we're able to make dinner.

    Blog text (11)
  • Reaching for the kettle, she filled it and put it on the cooktop to boil.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Almost every Japanese gas cooktop has three burners and a stride out grill.

  • Gas grills and cooktops are handy.

    Blog text (30)
  • The cooktops and ovens had digital thermometers that read out in a continuously moving display as if they were stock prices.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • It's best to cook these in a George Foreman Grill, Panini maker, or in a nonstick pan on the cooktop.

    Blog text (25)
  • For their new kitchen, they installed a modern cooktop with built-in features for easy cooking.

  • She turned on the cooktop to heat the skillet before adding the vegetables.

Synonyms

stove
vscooktop
  • US
110 1.0

A kitchen appliance with hot burners used to cook food

is a flat surface built into the counter, not the whole appliance
stovetop
vscooktop
  • US
7 2.4

The flat top of a stove where you put pots and pans to cook

is usually installed into the kitchen counter rather than on an appliance
hob
vscooktop
  • UK
1 5.1

A flat cooking surface on a stove for heating pots and pans

is a built in flat surface fitted into the kitchen counter

How Big

range
  • US
82 3.5
stove
  • US
110 1.0
cooktop
  • US
3 3.6
hotplate
2 3.2

Surface Forms

cooktop singular
cooktops plural

Morphology

cooktop = cook + top (transparent) = cook + top

A straightforward compound of 'cook' + 'top' meaning the top surface used for cooking, which learners can derive from the components.

Etymology

The word cooktop combines cook and top, literally meaning the 'top' where you cook. So a cooktop is the flat surface with burners built into a kitchen counter.