Hob

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A shelf or projection at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food or utensils warm.
  • n. A tool used for cutting the teeth of machine parts, as of a gearwheel.
  • n. Chiefly British A hobgoblin, sprite, or elf.
  • n. Mischievous behavior.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fairy; a sprite; an elf.
  • n. A countryman; a rustic or yokel.
  • n. A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
  • n. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
  • n. The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
  • n. A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits
  • n. A male ferret.
  • v. To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
  • v. To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The hub of a wheel. See Hub.
  • n. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
  • n. A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A fairy; a sprite; an elf.
  • n. A countryman; a rustic; a clown.
  • n. The male ferret.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A round stick, stake, or pin used as a mark to throw at in certain games, as in quoits or the game called hob.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A hardened threaded steel mandrel for cutting a comb or chasing-tool.
  • n. The nave of a wheel: same as hub, 7.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The shoe of a sledge.
  • n. A countryman; a rustic; an awkward, clownish fellow.
  • n. A sprite; an elf; a hobgoblin.
  • n. A milling-machine cutter used in forming the teeth of worm-gears.
  • n. A master die; a steel punch cut to a certain design, used for making coining-dies.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
  • n. a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears
  • n. a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm
  • v. cut with a hob
  • n. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
  • Verb Form
    hobbed    hobbing    hobs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    edge tool    shelf    cut    evil spirit   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    hobbed    hobbing    hub   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fairy    sprite    elf    countryman    rustic    clown    stovetop    stove top   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bob    Cobb    Job    Punjab    Rob    blob    bob    cob    cobb    dob