What does hot plate mean?

Definition

A small electric cooker with one or two heated plates for pans, which you plug in anywhere.

Example sentences

• While the kitchen was being redone, we lived on takeaways and one little hot plate in the living room.🔊

  While the kitchen was being redone, we lived on takeaways and one little hot plate in the living room.

• Are you taking the hot plate to uni with you? There's only one kitchen for the whole corridor.🔊

  Are you taking the hot plate to uni with you? There's only one kitchen for the whole corridor.

• This hot plate has no middle setting — the soup either boils over or simmers forever.🔊

  This hot plate has no middle setting — the soup either boils over or simmers forever.

Related words

hot plate in other languages

• In Portuguese
• In French
• In Japanese