hot plate

noun
1.
a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
2.
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.
3.
a plate that can retain heat in order to keep food hot.

Origin:
1835–45

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hot plate

noun
a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm 
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Hot plate is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
Kitchenettes with a microwave, two-burner hot plate and kitchen utensils and
  pots are also available.
Stow a small microwave oven, hot plate and electric teakettle for use at
  campgrounds with electric service.
Efficiency rooms include a kitchenette featuring sink, hot plate and
  refrigerator.
Place the flask in a heated water bath or on a hot plate and heat slowly to
  boiling.
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