| NOUN | person | hob, goblin, hobgoblin | (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings |
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| person | hob, elf, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp | (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous | |
| artifact | hob | a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears | |
| artifact | hob | a shelf beside an open / open fire where something can be kept warm | |
| VERB | contact | hob | cut with a hob |
| Sounds | hhaa'b | |
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| Rhymes | blob ... throb: 23 rhymes with aab... | |
| Meaning | (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings. | |
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| Synonyms | goblin, hobgoblin | |
| Category | folklore | The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture |
| Broader | evil spirit | A spirit tending to cause harm |
| Spanish | duende, hobgoblin, trasgo | |
| Catalan | follet | |
| Meaning | (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous. | |
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| Synonyms | elf, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp | |
| Category | folklore | The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture |
| Narrower | leprechaun | A mischievous elf in Irish folklore |
| sandman | An elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy | |
| Broader | fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite | A small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers |
| Spanish | duende, elfo, geniecillo, gnomo, gremlin, silfo | |
| Catalan | elf, follet, gnom, gremlin | |
| Meaning | A hard steel edge tool used to cut gears. | |
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| Broader | edge tool | Any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane / plane or gouge) |
| Verbs | hob | cut with a hob |
| Meaning | A shelf beside an open / open fire where something can be kept warm. | |
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| Broader | shelf | A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects |
| Meaning | cut with a hob. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | fresar | |
| Nouns | hob | a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears |
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