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TIL about the word "hob". Americans call it a "cooktop" or "stovetop" or "range"
by xavdid 3y ago
TIL about the word "hob". Americans call it a "cooktop" or "stovetop" or "range"
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- rootusrootus 3y agoNitpick: a cooktop is just the burners, a range is an appliance with burners and an oven. It's relatively common on newer houses to separate them. E.g. I have a 36 inch induction cooktop and a completely separate double wall oven in another area of the kitchen. AFAIK stovetop is also sometimes used when people mean cooktop, though in my area it's more often a casual reference to the burners of a range. I'm sure that convention varies wildly across the country.
- CalRobert 3y agoI always just called it the stove.
- lol768 3y agoI still find it very odd they call the central heating boiler/heat pump a "furnace". A furnace is what you use to make clay set into a pot!
- sib 3y ago"Kiln"?