hot plate

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   a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm

   Synonymshotplate

   Broaderkitchen appliance

Questions about hot plate

What does hot plate mean?

hot plate means "a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm".

What is another word for hot plate?

Close synonyms include hotplate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hot plate a common word?

hot plate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.