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Why is a kitchen stove often called a range?

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Posted - January 25, 2020
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  • 5808
    Maybe because of the Range of things
    that can be done on/in that Kitchen Stove.
      January 25, 2020 8:14 AM MST
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  • 44655
    I also can do a number of things. As can you. Are we ranges?
      January 25, 2020 8:15 AM MST
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  • 34460
    By the end of the 16th century, “stove” was being applied to the heating apparatus itself, both those used to heat rooms and those used for cooking. ... Early ranges were so-called because they usually had more than one oven and usually at least two cooking spots on top, furnishing a “range” of places to cook.
      January 25, 2020 8:18 AM MST
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  • 10664
    More importantly, why would someone want to live on top of one?  (with plastic animals no less)
      January 25, 2020 9:36 AM MST
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  • 44655
    Or plastic hockey players from NYC.
      January 25, 2020 10:20 AM MST
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  • 10664
    Home on the range.  Deer and antelope playing (like a life sized antelope is going to fit atop a range)
      January 25, 2020 10:40 AM MST
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  • 17620
    https://www.word-detective.com/2013/07/range-stove/

     A range offers different methods of cooking (a range of cooking options).....cook top and oven.
      January 25, 2020 4:45 PM MST
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