What are the things called that go on top of your stove, to put over the burner to sit the pots on?

Question:This may be a stupid question, but i can not fgure out what they are called?? there are 4 of them and they are usually cast iron for gas stoves. am i making any sense?

Answers:
Around here, we call them grates...

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burner covers?

Thats what I always called em...

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I know what your talking about but never thought of what they are called. Probably a gas burner grate.

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LOL! They are called burner covers.

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BURNER COVERS! Oh, and they make little things that go under the burner, but I cannot remember what they are called...LOL! They are referred to at my house as "the silver things on the stove" HAHAHA!

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