hob

hob ¹  (hb)

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  (hb)

n.

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

2. Mischievous behavior.

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

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hob¹

n

1. (Cookery) 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. (Engineering / Tools) a steel pattern used in forming a mould or die in cold metal

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

vb hobs, hobbing, hobbed

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

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

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hob²

n

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

raise or play hob US informal to cause mischief or disturbance

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a male ferret

[variant of Rob, short for Robin or Robert]

hoblike  adj

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, fairy, 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"

Translations

hob [hɒb] N (Brit) → quemador m

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

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hob

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

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hob [hɒb] n → piastra (con fornelli)

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hob [hɒb] n → piastra (con fornelli)

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hob

n hob [hob]

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 police nad kamny blus der Kamineinsatz επιφάνεια μαγειρικής κουζίνας encimera, repisa soojendusplaat طاقچه روي اجاق keittolevy plaque de côté (sur un fourneau) כִּירַיִים 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 kookplaat (kamin)plate ruszt, krata 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