hot plate
noun
1
: a heated iron plate for cooking
2
: a simple portable appliance for heating or for cooking in limited spaces
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Another garage fire in the 1400 block of Mayre Street near Arlington Avenue and Rice Street was caused by either a two-burner electric hot plate with food on it or an electric portable radiant heater.
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
Unlike those terrifying old school hot plates, the surface of a portable induction cooktop doesn't get hot because an electromagnetic current is sent from under the glass cooking surface directly to your pots and pans.
—Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
The kitchen is shaped like a narrow hallway, with a few hot plates, mini fridges, and the world’s smallest kitchen sink.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 27 June 2025
In a corner of the room was her ancient refrigerator, which tended to buzz at precisely the wrong time, a sink, a little wooden bar cart that housed her coffee maker, a toaster oven, and a hot plate.
—Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
Unlike those terrifying old school hot plates, the surface of a portable induction cooktop doesn't get hot because an electromagnetic current is sent from under the glass cooking surface directly to your pots and pans.
—Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
The kitchen is shaped like a narrow hallway, with a few hot plates, mini fridges, and the world’s smallest kitchen sink.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 27 June 2025
In a corner of the room was her ancient refrigerator, which tended to buzz at precisely the wrong time, a sink, a little wooden bar cart that housed her coffee maker, a toaster oven, and a hot plate.
—Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
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“Hot plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20plate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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