electric range
Electric appliance for cooking food, equipped with surface elements or griddles and an oven.
drawer
Sliding drawer at the bottom of the range in which sundry cookware is stored.
window
Thick window for looking inside the oven.
rack
Metal grille for supporting cookware; its height is adjustable.
oven
Closed part of the range, equipped with an upper heating element (broiler) and a lower heating element, in which food is cooked or heated.
timed outlet
Electric-feed device for switching on an appliance at a preset time.
backguard
Vertical part across the back of the range containing the appliance’s various controls.
oven control knob 
Instruments for turning on the oven and controlling the mode of cooking and temperature.
handle
Part for opening and closing the oven door.
cooktop
Surface of the range on which the elements are arranged.
cooktop edge
Protruding edge along the sides of the cooking surface.
surface element
Heating element on which cooking takes place.
signal lamp
Light showing that a surface element is on.
control knob
Instrument for making or cutting electric contact and for regulating the intensity of the surface elements’ heat.
control panel
Panel containing the programming keys.
clock timer
Multifunction timekeeping mechanism; it shows the time, times cooking duration, starts the oven at a preset time, etc.
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