Hob

Quick meaning: Hob is a noun meaning A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
2. A male ferret.
3. The hub of a wheel.
4. (transitive) To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
5. (intransitive) To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.
6. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), usually called rings.
7. (historical) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

Example Sentences

More fitter for the Country Hobs.

From elves, hobs, and fairies, […] Defend us, good Heaven!

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.

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.

Word Forms

• hobs
• hobbing
• hobbed

Synonyms for hob

Depending on context, synonyms include goblin, cooktop, stovetop, range, hob-ferret, bogger.

Related Words

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