On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 00:26, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> British English speakers: > > If you are mapping a device which burns fuel or uses electricity to > cook food in a pot or pan, is this a "cooker" or a "stove" or > something else? > > What if it has an oven included, or doesn't? > With oven, and using electricity or gas, a cooker. Without an oven, using electricity or gas, a hot plate or hob (US English means something completely different by "hob"). Wood or coal-burning, a stove. Which used to be use for the electric and gas variants too, but it seems to have dropped out of British English (well, my idiolect) except for wood/coal burners. And even then, the wood/coal burner might be called a cooker anyway. Or an Aga or other brand name. Oh, and then there are microwaves, slow cookers, etc. -- Paul
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