hob

Example Sentences

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Many of us can relate to oil and gas: Filling up the car, putting a pan on the hob.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

Even food residue that collects in the oven or on the hob generates fine particles when burned.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

Food residue that is stuck on the hob will start to burn as soon as the hob is turned on.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

However, she said he is still shaken by the incident and has disconnected the family's gas hob as the explosion was suspected to be gas related, although this has not been confirmed.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023

“We’re tolerable, sir, I thank you,” replied Grace, lifting the boiling mess carefully on to the hob: “rather snappish, but not ’rageous.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë