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automatic toaster

automatic toaster

2.0
An electric machine that makes bread slices brown and pops them up when ready
  • noun
  • /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk ˈtoʊstər/
translation icon : tostadora automática
  • The automatic toaster popped up the bread just as I finished making my coffee.

Examples

  • I used my new automatic toaster to make breakfast quickly this morning.

  • She was thrilled to receive an automatic toaster as a wedding gift.

  • Automatic toaster.

    Hud (1963)

Synonyms

toaster
vsautomatic toaster
121 1.0

An electric machine that browns slices of bread

is narrower describing vertical slots that lift slices automatically
pop-up toaster
vsautomatic toaster
1 2.2

A small electric machine that heats bread slices and pushes them up when ready

highlights the automatic lift in its name

How Automated

automatic toaster
2.0
toaster oven
10 2.7

Surface Forms

automatic toaster singular
automatic toasters plural

Morphology

automatic + toaster

The meaning is directly and transparently compositional: 'automatic' (operating with little human input) modifies 'toaster' (device for toasting bread), yielding a toaster that operates or pops up by itself. This adjective+noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Automatic toaster The name automatic toaster comes from toaster (a machine that browns bread) and automatic (working by itself). Imagine slices of bread going into the machine that heats them and then 'pops up' the toast without you touching it. So the name tells you it is a toaster that finishes the job on its own.