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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *hotta (“basket”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hotte f (plural hottes)
- carrying basket, burden basket
- la hotte du Père Noël ― Santa Claus's sack
- hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes)
- Synonym: hotte aspirante
- kitchen hood, extractor hood (electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking)
- fume hood (ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment)
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