Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gas-stove for heating the copper bits employed in soldering.
- noun In gas-fitting, a small portable cooking-appliance consisting of an iron table supported on short legs and having one or more Bunsen burners for boiling, etc.
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Examples
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It's not like you can bring matches or a hot-plate on board, after all.
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It's not like you can bring matches or a hot-plate on board, after all.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Zhang had to navigate around the thrift-store cast-offs that Leaphorn called furniture in order to get to the hot-plate, which only made his mood worse.
365 tomorrows » In A Teapot : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2005
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Zhang had to navigate around the thrift-store cast-offs that Leaphorn called furniture in order to get to the hot-plate, which only made his mood worse.
365 tomorrows » 2005 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2005
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They are, naturally, cooked on a metal hot-plate, rather than oven-baked.
Archive 2006-06-01 2006
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They are, naturally, cooked on a metal hot-plate, rather than oven-baked.
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The only trace of practicality came from a cracked teapot, empty glasses, uncorked bottles, a Primus brand hot-plate that was left on one of the rugs and a toothbrush that was firmly planted in a champagne glass.
The 13 Culprits Simenon, Georges, 1903- 2002
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Kurtz had no idea where they pirated the electricity for the shack, but the hot-plate worked, and Soul Dad had a refurbished laptop computer in the corner near his sleeping bag.
Hardcase Simmons, Dan 2001
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As the older man hunkered over a battered hot-plate in the rear of the shack, Kurtz noticed how powerful Soul Dad's back and shoulders and upper arms were under his thin jacket.
Hardcase Simmons, Dan 2001
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Because he hustled me off to the "debriefing" room without even an offer of coffee, which wasn't like him, and there'd been a Silex half full on his office hot-plate.
Time and Again Finney, Jack 1995
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