hob

hob ¹

 (hŏb)

n.

1. A shelf or projection at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food or utensils warm.

2. A tool used for cutting the teeth of machine parts, as of a gearwheel.

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[Origin unknown.]

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hob ²

 (hŏb)

n.

1. Chiefly British A hobgoblin, sprite, or elf.

2. Mischievous behavior.

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[From Middle English Hob, a nickname for Robert.]

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hob

(hɒb)

n

1. (Cookery) Brit the flat top part of a cooking stove, or a separate flat surface, containing hotplates or burners

2. (Cookery) a shelf beside an open fire, for keeping kettles, etc, hot

3. (Tools) a steel pattern used in forming a mould or die in cold metal

4. (Tools) a hard steel rotating cutting tool used in machines for cutting gears

vb, hobs, hobbing or hobbed

(Tools) (tr) to cut or form with a hob

[C16: variant of obsolete hubbe, of unknown origin; perhaps related to hub]

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hob

(hɒb)

n

1. (European Myth & Legend) a hobgoblin or elf

2. (Animals) a male ferret

3. raise hob play hob informal US to cause mischief or disturbance

[C14: variant of Rob, short for Robin or Robert]

ˈhobˌlike adj

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hob¹

(hɒb)

n., v. hobbed, hob•bing. n.

1. a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.

2. a milling cutter for gear and sprocket teeth, splines, threads, etc.

v.t., v.i.

3. to cut with a hob.

4. to provide with hobnails.

[1505–15; variant of obsolete hub hob (in a fireplace)]

hob′ber, n.

hob²

(hɒb)

n.

a hobgoblin or elf.

Idioms:

1. play hob with, to do mischief or harm to.

2. raise hob, to behave disruptively.

[1275–1325; Middle English, generic use of Hob, for Robert or Robin]

hob′like`, adj.

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hob

Past participle: hobbed
Gerund: hobbing

Imperative

hob

hob

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hob - (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings goblin, hobgoblin folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture evil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harm
	2.	hob - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous elf, gremlin, imp, pixie, pixy, brownie folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture faerie, faery, fay, sprite - a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers leprechaun - a mischievous elf in Irish folklore sandman - an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy
	3.	hob - a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)
	4.	hob - a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
Verb	1.	hob - cut with a hob cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

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Translations

شَبَكَة يوضع عليها وعاء الطَّبْخ

police nad kamny

blus

Kamineinsatz

platni

hella

mensola sul focolarepiastra per cucinare [a gas o elettrica]

gāzes, elektriskās plīts virsmavirsma

kaminplateplate

polica nad kozubom

铁架

hob

[hɒb] N (Brit) → quemador m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hob

[ˈhɒb] n (on cooker) (= ring) → plaque f chauffante
to cook sth on the hob → cuire qch sur la plaque chauffante

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hob

n → Kamineinsatz m → (zum Warmhalten); (on modern cooker) → Kochfeld nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hob

[hɒb] n → piastra (con fornelli)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hob

(hob) noun

the flat framework on top of a cooker, on which pots are placed to be heated. A pan of stew was simmering on the hob. kookplaat شَبَكَة يوضع عليها وعاء الطَّبْخ поставка chapa do fogão police nad kamny der Kamineinsatz blus επιφάνεια μαγειρικής κουζίνας encimera, repisa soojendusplaat طاقچه روي اجاق keittolevy plaque de côté (sur un fourneau) כיריים घुंडी ploca (štednjaka) platni atas kompor (suðu)hella (mensola interna del focolare) ごとく (냄비, 주전자 등을 얹는) 벽난로 내부의 선반 grotelės [] virsma hob kookplaatplateruszt, krata د نغری له پاسه تاخچه placa do fogão полка в печи polica nad krbom stranska grelna plošča ringla spishäll, -kant ตะแกรงสำหรับตั้งหม้อบนเตาไฟ ocak rafı 鐵架 конфорка برقی چولہے پر برتن رکھنے کی چپٹی سطح thớt bếp 铁架

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