rangetten.
/reɪnˈ(d)ʒɛt/, U.S. /reɪnˈdʒɛt/, New Zealand English /ræenˈdʒet/ North American and New Zealand.
A small gas or electric cooker. Cf. range n.1 5a.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun]
range1423
buccan1611
fire-range1668
stew-stove1727
screw-range1772
stew-hole1780
cooking stove1796
range stove1803
cooking range1805
cookstove1820
kitchener1829
gas range1853
cooker1860
gas cooker1873
Soyer's stove1878
hay-box1885
blazer1889
machine oven1890
paraffin stove1891
primus1893
electric cooker1894
electric range1894
Yukon stove1898
fireless cooker1904
picnic stove1910
pressure stove1914
Tommy cooker1915
rangette1922
Aga1931
barbecue1931
Rayburn1947
sigri1949
jiko1973
1922 Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 10 Oct. (advt.) New method rangette.
1946 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 11 59 The cookstove..was a ‘rangette’ with two electric plates and a small oven.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 25/9 (advt.) Wanted to buy. Household furniture, fridge, stove, washer, rangette, urgent.
1977 N.Z. Herald 5 Jan. i. 20/4 She cooks on an electric rangette.
2007 Pembroke (Ont.) Observer (Nexis) 10 Feb. 2 Mr. Kodrzynski..spent considerable time..on an assembly line making rangettes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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