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HOB/hɒb/

A hob is the flat top of a cooker where pans sit — gas rings or electric zones (UK). US stovetop / cooktop. The oven is the box underneath; the cooker is the whole appliance. Collocation: on the hob; a gas hob / an induction hob; take it off the hob. Countable.

Meaning

The flat top of a cooker with rings or zones for pans (UK; US stovetop).

Examples

• “Take the pan off the hob if the sauce starts to stick.”
• “Do not leave tea towels hanging over a hot hob.”
• “An induction hob only heats the pan, so the surface stays cooler.”

Good to know

a hob (UK). US: a stovetop. Contrast: an oven (inside) / a cooker (the whole unit). on the hob.

Near in meaning

stovetop

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