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# 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 →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [Metal pans stay hot long after they leave the hob, even if they look cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/14/)
- [A dark glass hob does not show its heat and can stay hot after it is switched off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/7/)
- [When home alone, eat cold snacks and do not use the hob or oven unless you are allowed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/12/)
- [Hobs and pans stay hot long after they are switched off, so pan handles are turned inward and nobody reaches over a hob.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hob» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hob/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.