HOT PLATE Definition & Meaning

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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.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of hot plate¹

First recorded in 1835–45

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Her period details are spot on, candy for those of us who were children during the Carter presidency: hot plates, instant coffee, accordion files, “Smokey and the Bandit.”

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Their modest living room contains little more than a hot plate on a folding table, a mini-fridge, a single chair and an IV bag stand.

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It features a bed, a couch, throw rugs, a table and a hot plate that, like other appliances in the camp, runs off pirated electricity.

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Here’s how it works: That warmer western Pacific acts like a hot plate under the atmosphere, creating rising air that sends waves rippling eastward, like dropping a stone in a pond.

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One day, by the hot plates, he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him.

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