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Word entry · 3 letters

hob

Best crossword clue

"Cooking surface"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /hɑb/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bhoStarts with HEnds with B1 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2O3B

Definitions

  1. A flat cooking surface or part of a stove.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • And the first sound in the house was the bang, bang of the poker against the raker, as Morel smashed the remainder of the coal to make the kettle, which was filled and left on the hob, finally boil.
  • 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.
  • From elves, hobs, and fairies, […] Defend us, good Heaven!

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