hot-plate

Tabletop cooking surface

A hot-plate is a small portable electric cooking surface, typically with one or two burners.

Common in dormitories, offices, and small apartments where a full stove isn't available: She heated soup on a hot-plate in her studio.

Also spelled as one word.

cooking

stovetop

Burner platform for cooking

  • burnerHeat-producing device component
  • simmerCook just under boiling
  • sautéCook quickly in fat

frying · boiling · warming · reheating · cookware · skillet · pan · pot · griddle · temperature

buffet

warming tray

Heated serving surface

banquet · potluck · steam table · food service · keep warm · display · cafeteria · brunch · self-serve

laboratory

Bunsen

Lab burner eponym

  • beakerLaboratory measuring container
  • flaskPortable liquid container
  • stirringArousing strong emotion

glassware · evaporation · distillation · chemistry · bench · thermometer · reagent · scientific · apparatus

Opposites
cooking appliance capability

hot-platefull range

Complete extent of variation

kitchen range · stove · professional kitchen · gas range · industrial kitchen

temperature function

hot-platecold plate

Refrigerated serving surface

freezer · ice tray · ice bath · refrigerator

Family

hotplates

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G