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# hob

noun (a hob, hobs)

«hob» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#m1)
2. A hob-nail is a short nail with a large head, hammered into the soles of heavy boots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#x1)
- The hob is still hot, don't touch it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#x2)
- Turn the pan handles away from the edge of the hob. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#x3)
- Our hob has four rings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#x4)
- A gas hob has a blue flame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#x5)
- Never leave cooking on the hob alone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#x6)
- Mum wiped the hob after cooking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#x7)
- The red light shows the hob is hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#x8)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hob» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hob» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hob.html) on Mova free.