Hob

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Hob or HOB may refer to:

• Hob (folklore), a household spirit in Northern England
• Hob, a generic term for various Dwarf-like and Elf-like magical creatures in Germanic folklore (see also [hobbit]])
• Hob (hearth), a projection, shelf, grate or bench for holding food or utensils
• Hob, the top cooking surface on a kitchen stove
• Hob, a male ferret
• Hob, a tool used in hobbing, or gear-making
• Hob, a raised border around the base of a bathroom shower
• Hob, a stake used as a target in the game of quoits
• HOB GmbH & Co KG, an international computer company

Acronyms and codes

• Hoboken-Verzeichnis, the catalogue of the compositions of Joseph Haydn
• House of Blues, a chain of music halls and restaurants
• Hemne og Orkladal Billag, a Norwegian transport company
• House Office Building, where members of the United States House of Representatives work - see Congressional office buildings
• Heart of Brooklyn, a non-profit organization founded in 2001
• HOB, the IATA code for Lea County Regional Airport, Hobbs, New Mexico
• hob, the ISO 639 code for the Mari language (Madang Province) of Papua New Guinea

As a name or nickname

• Hob Hiller (1893-1956), an American baseball player
• Hob, a robot-like creature in the webcomic Dresden Codak
• Hob Gadling, from the The Sandman comic book series by Neil Gaiman
• Hob, from the madrigal Who made thee, Hob, forsake the plough? by William Byrd

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