hob

Example Sentences

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Pans are precariously placed on a hob and she is stirring away.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Indiana, 15, said: "At one point I was doing maths on a hob in catering. It's not ideal."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024

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

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

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

Didn’t seem to matter—once more she took me by the hand, and this time led me to a small parlor where she had a fire going, and a kettle on the hob.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein