hot plate
noun
a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
a hot meal, usually consisting of meat, potato, and a vegetable, served all on one plate and usually at a set price at a restaurant or lunch counter.
a plate that can retain heat in order to keep food hot.
Origin of hot plate
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby hot plate
hot off the press,
hot on,
hot pack,
hot pants,
hot pepper,
hot plate,
hot pool,
hot pot,
hot potato,
hot rod,
hot rodder
Example sentences from the Web for hot plate
Where city gas is available, a two or three burner gas stove or hot-plate should be used.
The Automobile Storage Battery |O. A. WitteThe furnaces were specially designed, and consisted essentially of a “hot-plate” heated by a powerful kerosene blast-flame.
The Preparation of Plantation Rubber |Sidney Morgan