hot-plate
Definition
- Noun:
- Portable heating surface: "hot-plate" refers to a small, portable device with a flat heating surface used for cooking or warming food, often in a kitchen or laboratory setting.
- Laboratory equipment: In scientific contexts, a "hot-plate" is a flat, electrically heated surface used to heat substances in containers like beakers or flasks.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- She used a hot-plate to warm up leftovers in her dorm room. (A portable cooking device for heating food.)
- The chemist placed the beaker on the hot-plate to heat the solution. (A laboratory heating apparatus.)
Advanced Usage
- "to leave something on the hot-plate": to keep food or a substance warm by placing it on the heating surface.
- He left the soup on the hot-plate so it would stay hot for dinner. (He kept the soup warm using the device.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hotplate (n, alternative spelling): same as "hot-plate"; a portable heating device.
- The old hotplate still works well for camping. (The portable stove is functional.)
- Plate (n): a flat dish or surface, but not specifically heated.
- She placed the food on a ceramic plate. (A standard eating dish.)
Synonyms
- Burner: a part of a stove that produces heat for cooking.
- Heating pad: a flat, electric pad for warming (though typically for body warmth, not cooking).
- Griddle: a flat, heated surface for cooking, often larger and not portable.
Phrasal Verbs
- Heat up: to make something hot using a hot-plate or other device.
- She heated up the sauce on the hot-plate. (She made the sauce hot using the device.)
Related Idioms
- On the back burner: to postpone or delay something (not directly related to "hot-plate" but uses "burner").
- We put that project on the back burner for now. (We delayed the project.)