hob
Example Sentences
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Pans are precariously placed on a hob and she is stirring away.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
Don't forget fruit and vegetables - the latter can be cooked with a steamer on one hob, rather than using different ones.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 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
Outside, past the open double doors, a hob waits, holding the silver bridles of five dappled faerie steeds, their manes braided in complicated and probably magical knots.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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