range
- noun
- /reɪndʒ/
- US
- "A pot of potatoes I'd set to boil on the range dripped onto the burner and hissed.
Examples
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When remodeling, we chose a modern range with a sleek design to match our kitchen decor.
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In the kitchen, she admired the gas range and ran her hand over the table.
Fiction book (1995) -
A four-burner Norge range, complete with a built-in electric clock and timer.
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The new kitchen is equipped with a shiny gas range that includes five burners and an oven.
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She turned on the range to start cooking dinner, excited to use her new recipes.
Synonyms
A kitchen appliance with hot burners used to cook food
A device like an oven or stove used for cooking food
A machine used in the kitchen to prepare food, like a microwave or blender
A cooker with burners and an oven that uses gas to cook food
A kitchen appliance with hot burners on top and an oven below for cooking food
A cooking stove with gas burners and an oven
A device that burns wood or coal to cook food
A kitchen appliance that cooks food, usually with gas or electricity
A kitchen stove that uses electricity to make heat for cooking
A large appliance that has burners on top and an oven for cooking food
A kitchen stove that uses gas to cook food
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
The maximum distance a vehicle can travel on a full tank or full charge under normal conditions
A long mountain range in the northwest United States across Washington, Oregon and northern California
A mountain range in south central Alaska with tall snowy peaks, including Denali, North America's highest mountain
A mountain range in northwest Wyoming with tall sharp peaks including the Grand Teton
A long mountain range along Australia's east coast from Queensland to Victoria
A mountain range in northern Kashmir that includes K2, the world's second highest peak
- Specialized
The difference between the highest and lowest values of the middle 50 percent of numbers
A range of high mountains on the border between Alaska and Yukon, including Mount St Elias
A mountain range in northern Kashmir that has K2, the second highest mountain in the world
A long group of mountains in Bulgaria that runs from Serbia to the Black Sea
A mountain range in northern Kashmir that includes K2, the world's second highest peak
- Specialized
A long straight rod with red and white bands that people who measure land use to line up points
- Specialized
A system of radio stations that help pilots find their position and direction
- Specialized
A radio system that helps pilots find their exact position and direction
- Specialized
A device pulled behind a ship that listens for submarines from far away
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Range (kitchen) comes from the old verb ranger, meaning 'to put in a row', because early cooking stoves were a 'line' of ovens or burners, so a kitchen range is a set of cooking parts in a row.