On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 01:49, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok, so a propane or butane "camping stove" is a "hob", not a "cooker", > since it lacks an oven? > Didn't think about those. Probably a camping stove, even in British English. There's a lot of cross-cultural contamination. :) Cooker generally means an oven with hob. Without an oven, it's not a cooker. Without a hob, it's probably just an oven to most people. > > I suppose "stove" is used for wood and coal-fueled heating devices too? > For heating devices, yes, although "wood burner" or "log burner" are also common (but not "coal burner" AFAIK). For coal burners with glass windows, most people would call them fires. And just to show how illogical we Brits are, an electrical heater with elements that glow red is usually called an electric fire. Some even have tacky flame effects, but even without the flame effects it's still an electric fire. We also have electric heaters that have no visible elements and which heat internal bricks using cheap-rate electricity, known as storage heaters. Needs a special meter with a time clock, and an electricity supplier that offers cheaper rates off peak. -- Paul
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