a cooking appliance, or the flat top part of a cooker, with hotplates or burners

the oil needs to be heated in the oven or on the hob

the kitchen has a five-ring gas hob with electric oven under it

a machine tool used for cutting gears or screw threads

the hob cuts material from the tooth spaces

a peg or pin used as a mark in throwing games

the players pitch the quoits from hob to hob

a male ferret

he had one hob and the six breeding does

a sprite or hobgoblin

the hob grinned in delight