1 (BrE) the top part of a cooker where food is cooked in pans; a similar surface that is built into a kitchen unit and is separate from the oven:
an electric / a gas hob * a ceramic hob
2 a metal shelf at the side of a fire, used in the past for heating pans, etc. on
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