noun
hob
HOB/hɑːb/
A cooking surface or burner on a stove.
A saucepan sits over a lit burner on the hob.
Etymology
A fireplace-side word shifted to the stove surface or burner used for cooking.
More examples
- Turn off the hob after cooking.
- The kettle is warming on the hob.
Forms
hob
Similar words
- cooktop
- Another term for the stove's cooking surface.
- burner
- An individual heating unit rather than the whole surface.