Meaning

8 senses
  1. A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

    Fräser, Fräskopf

    червя́чная фреза́červjáčnaja frezá

    a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears

  2. (historical)The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

    a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm

  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), usually called rings.

    (cooktop) Herdplatte, (hotplate) Kochfeld, Kochplatte

    ва́рочная пане́льváročnaja panélʹ

  4. A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.

    гвоздьgvozdʹ

  5. A male ferret.

    хорёкxorjók

  6. The hub of a wheel.

    August 31 1776, George Washington, letter to the President of Congress the wheels of the carriages sinking up to the hobs rendered it impossible for our whole force to drag them.

  7. (obsolete)A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.

  8. (obsolete)A countryman; a rustic or yokel.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The kettle is whistling on the hob.

    deDer Kessel pfeift auf dem Herd.

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  2. I burnt my fingers on the hob this morning.

    deIch habe mir heute früh meine Finger auf der Herdplatte verbrannt.

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  3. The hob was still hot after quarter of an hour.

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  4. Now clean the hob.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
a cutting tool:
cooking surface:
a rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits:
a male ferret:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a cutting tool:
cooking surface:

Origin

Related to hub, but the ultimate origin of both words is obscure. From Middle English Hob

Related to hub, but the ultimate origin of both words is obscure.

From Middle English Hob (a diminutive of Robin, an Old French [Term?] diminutive of Robert), through its connection with Robin Goodfellow and (later) the devil. Compare hobgoblin; see robin.

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Forms

plural: hobs
Singularhob
Pluralhobs

regular

Synonyms

41 synonyms
supernatural creature:goblin
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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