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noun

range

A cooking appliance with burners and an oven.

The cook places a pan on the range.

Etymology
rangeOld Frenchto arrange in a row

The cooking sense developed around the arrangement of cooking places or equipment in a row. The name settled on the combined appliance with burners and an oven.

More examples

  • The range has four burners and an oven.
  • Several ranges were displayed in the appliance store.
  • She cleaned the range after dinner.

Forms

range · ranges

Similar words

stove
A cooking appliance that may or may not include an oven.
oven
The enclosed heated part rather than the complete appliance.