hob

«hob» in Mova's school dictionary: the flat top part of a cooker with rings or plates where… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a hob, hobs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A hob is the flat top part of a cooker with rings or plates where you put pans to heat food; in the USA and Canada it is called a stovetop or cooktop. tree →

2) A hob-nail is a short nail with a large head, hammered into the soles of heavy boots. tree →

sense in the lessons

In kitchen safety lessons: the hob can stay hot after it is turned off; turn pan handles inward so they cannot be knocked; never leave a pan alone on a hot hob; keep tea towels and paper away; children should cook on the hob only with an adult. Induction hobs heat only the pan, using magnetism. Phrases: on the hob, gas hob, electric hob, induction hob.

examples

• Put the pan of water on the hob. tree →
• The hob is still hot, don't touch it. tree →
• Turn the pan handles away from the edge of the hob. tree →
• Our hob has four rings. tree →
• A gas hob has a blue flame. tree →
• Never leave cooking on the hob alone. tree →
• Mum wiped the hob after cooking. tree →
• The red light shows the hob is hot. tree →

note

Countable. Mostly British, Irish, Australian and NZ word. A hob is the top; the oven is the box below it; together they are a cooker (UK) or stove/range (USA).

In the corpora

• Metal pans stay hot long after they leave the hob, even if they look cold.
• A dark glass hob does not show its heat and can stay hot after it is switched off.
• When home alone, eat cold snacks and do not use the hob or oven unless you are allowed.
• Hobs and pans stay hot long after they are switched off, so pan handles are turned inward and nobody reaches over a hob.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hob» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.