Hob

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  • noun. A shelf or projection at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food or utensils warm.
  • noun. A tool used for cutting the teeth of machine parts, as of a gearwheel.
  • noun. A hobgoblin, sprite, or elf.
  • noun. Mischievous behavior.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A milling-machine cutter used in forming the teeth of worm-gears.
  • noun. A master die; a steel punch cut to a certain design, used for making coining-dies.
  • noun. A countryman; a rustic; an awkward, clownish fellow.
  • noun. A sprite; an elf; a hobgoblin.
  • noun. A round stick, stake, or pin used as a mark to throw at in certain games, as in quoits or the game called hob.
  • noun. A boys' game in which halfpence are set on the end of a round stick (the hob), at which something (as a stone) is pitched.
  • noun. A hardened threaded steel mandrel for cutting a comb or chasing-tool.
  • noun. The nave of a wheel: same as hub, 7.
  • noun. A structure inserted in a fireplace to diminish its width, originally introduced when broad open fireplaces were first fitted with grates for the burning of coal; also, the level top of such a structure, forming a space upon which any thing can be set which it is desired to keep hot.
  • noun. The shoe of a sledge.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The hub of a wheel. See Hub.
  • noun. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
  • noun. A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.
  • noun. A peg, pin, or mark used as a target in some games, as an iron pin in quoits; also, a game in which such a target is used.
  • noun. The male ferret.
  • noun. A fairy; a sprite; an elf.
  • noun. A countryman; a rustic; a clown.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A fairy; a sprite; an elf.
  • noun. A countryman; a rustic or yokel.
  • noun. A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
  • noun. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
  • noun. The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
  • noun. A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits
  • noun. A male ferret.
  • verb. To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
  • verb. To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
  • noun. a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears
  • noun. a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm
  • verb. cut with a hob
  • noun. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
  • Word Usage
    "Cool …. kast on 23 Feb 2009 at 12: 10 am # are the house is for the cooks??? the twin hob is surely become the focal point in this house …"
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bob  Cobb  Job  Punjab  Rob  
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    Ariel  Befind  Corrigan  Finnbeara  Mab  
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    hobbed  hobbing  hub  
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    hobbed  hobbing  hobs