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hob 1
(hŏb)n.
1. A shelf or projection at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food or utensils warm.
2. A tool used for cutting the teeth of machine parts, as of a gearwheel.
[Origin unknown.]
hob 2
(hŏb)n.
1. Chiefly British A hobgoblin, sprite, or elf.
2. Mischievous behavior.
[From Middle English Hob, a nickname for Robert.]
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hob
(hɒb)n
1. (Cookery) Brit the flat top part of a cooking stove, or a separate flat surface, containing hotplates or burners
2. (Cookery) a shelf beside an open fire, for keeping kettles, etc, hot
3. (Tools) a steel pattern used in forming a mould or die in cold metal
4. (Tools) a hard steel rotating cutting tool used in machines for cutting gears
vb, hobs, hobbing or hobbed
(Tools) (tr) to cut or form with a hob
[C16: variant of obsolete hubbe, of unknown origin; perhaps related to hub]
hob
(hɒb)n
1. (European Myth & Legend) a hobgoblin or elf
2. (Animals) a male ferret
3. raise hob play hob informal US to cause mischief or disturbance
[C14: variant of Rob, short for Robin or Robert]
ˈhobˌlike adj
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hob1
(hɒb)n., v. hobbed, hob•bing. n.
1. a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
2. a milling cutter for gear and sprocket teeth, splines, threads, etc.
v.t., v.i. 3. to cut with a hob.
4. to provide with hobnails.
[1505–15; variant of obsolete hub hob (in a fireplace)]
hob′ber, n.
hob2
(hɒb)n.
a hobgoblin or elf.
Idioms: 1. play hob with, to do mischief or harm to.
2. raise hob, to behave disruptively.
[1275–1325; Middle English, generic use of Hob, for Robert or Robin]
hob′like`, adj.
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hob
Past participle: hobbed
Gerund: hobbing
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| Noun | 1. |  hob - (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beingsfolklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture evil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harm |
| 2. |  hob - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievousfolklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture leprechaun - a mischievous elf in Irish folklore sandman - an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy | |
| 3. | hob - a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) | |
| 4. | hob - a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects | |
| Verb | 1. | hob - cut with a hob cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
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Translations
شَبَكَة يوضع عليها وعاء الطَّبْخ
police nad kamny
blus
platni
hella
gāzes, elektriskās plīts virsmavirsma
polica nad kozubom
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hob
[ˈhɒb] n (on cooker) (= ring) → plaque f chauffanteto cook sth on the hob → cuire qch sur la plaque chauffante
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hob
n → Kamineinsatz m → (zum Warmhalten); (on modern cooker) → Kochfeld nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hob
(hob) noun the flat framework on top of a cooker, on which pots are placed to be heated. A pan of stew was simmering on the hob.
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