hotte
Meanings
Noun
1. carrying basket, burden basket
2. chimney flue
3. hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes)
a. kitchen hood, extractor hood (electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking)
b. fume hood (ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment)
Examples3
la hotte du Père Noël
Santa Claus's sack
J'en ai plein ma hotte !
I can't take any more!
Le Père Noël transporte tous les cadeaux dans sa hotte.
Santa Claus carries all the presents in his sack.