| 单词 | hot closet |
| 释义 | > as lemmashot closet hot closet n. (a) a small heated chamber (usually part of a stove) used for keeping food, plates, etc., warm or for drying damp articles (now historical); †(b) a chamber in a candle-making machine for heating candle moulds before the wax or tallow is poured in (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for making other articles > [noun] > candle-making equipment candle-mould1566 wax-moulda1679 stick1711 hot closet1798 port1839 broach1875 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > food warmer Mary's bath1600 Saint Mary's bath1612 water plate1721 hot closet1798 water bath1806 bain-marie1822 hotplate1861 steam table1861 rechaud1906 pap-warmer1920 warming oven1950 veilleuse1955 warming drawer1972 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > plate-warmer plate warmer1721 hot closet1798 hot cupboard1820 hotplate1925 1798 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 183 Dryg or Hot Closet. 1802 Count Rumford Ess., Polit., Econ., & Philos. (new ed.) III. 128 The meat..may either be taken out of the Roaster and put into a hot closet,..or it may remain in the Roaster until it is wanted. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. viii. 148 The ancient kitchen..rich in the massy walls and smoke of former days, and in the stoves and hot closets of the present. View more context for this quotation 1855 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 454 After leaving the hot closet, the moulds are filled by..cocks or outlets from the cistern. 1933 Times 4 Oct. 14/6 (advt.) A hot closet for plate warming can also be supplied. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 14 Apr. 17 The salads and the savouries were now prepared, and the tableware heated in the hot-closet ready for service. < as lemmas |
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