hob
Flat cooking area
A hob is the flat cooking surface on top of a stove, particularly in British English—what Americans usually call a stovetop or burner: She set the kettle on the hob.
In older usage, a hob was a shelf beside a fireplace for keeping things warm.
Separately, hob is an archaic word for a hobgoblin or mischievous sprite, surviving mainly in the phrase raise hob or play hob, meaning to cause trouble.
Heat-producing device component
- hotplatePortable electric cooking surface
- griddleFlat metal cooking surface
- cooktopFlat cooking surface
- rangeExtent of variation
induction · gas · electric · simmer · boil · fry · sauté · heat
Malicious folklore creature
- brownieDense chocolate baked square
- spriteTiny magical creature
- elfSmall magical creature
- puckHockey's rubber projectile
pixie · imp · mischief · trickster · household · faerie · folklore · supernatural
burner
Heat-producing device component
- hotplatePortable electric cooking surface
- griddleFlat metal cooking surface
- cooktopFlat cooking surface
range · induction · gas · electric · simmer · boil · fry · sauté · heat · temperature
goblin
Malicious folklore creature
puck · pixie · imp · mischief · trickster · household · faerie · folklore · supernatural · prankster
fireplace
Indoor structure for burning
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- mantelpieceShelf above fireplace
chimney · firewood · andirons · grate · ash · inglenook · warmth · fireguard · tongs · poker
lathe
Rotating shaping machine
gearwheel · spline · tooth · broach · shaper · spur · helical · worm · bevel · pinion
- Faeriesfairy, fairies, fae, faerie, fey
- Fairiesfairies, faeries, fairy queen, fairy dust, fairy wings
- stovesgas stove, electric stove, wood stove, cookstove, range
- stovetopburner, cooktop, gas stove, electric stove, range
- ferret worldkit, sprite, ferret cage, war dance, scruffing
- household spiritsbrownie, house spirit, household god, kobold, penates
hoboven
Enclosed cooking chamber
conventional oven · refrigerator · freezer · wall oven · microwave
hobsolemnity
Serious, dignified quality
seriousness · gravitas · solemnness · gravity · angel
- hobnail bootsBoots with protruding nail heads
- hobble skirtSkirt narrowing at hem
hobble, hobbled, hobbles, hobgoblin, hobnail, hobs, hobnailed, hobbler, hobnails