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hob

Definitions


[hɒb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cooking appliance, or the flat top part of a cooker, with hotplates or burners
(e.g: the oil needs to be heated in the oven or on the hob)

- a machine tool used for cutting gears or screw threads
(e.g: the hob cuts material from the tooth spaces)

- a peg or pin used as a mark in throwing games
(e.g: the players pitch the quoits from hob to hob)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in hob): alteration of hub. hob, ‘metal shelf by a fireplace’, dates from the late 17th century


[hɒb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a male ferret
(e.g: he had one hob and the six breeding does)

- a sprite or hobgoblin
(e.g: the hob grinned in delight)


Phrases:
- play hob

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘country fellow’): pet form of Rob, short for Robin or Robert, often referring specifically to Robin Goodfellow




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