avocado toast
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- noun
- /ˌævəˈkoʊdoʊ toʊst/
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tostada de aguacate
- At the café, I ordered avocado toast with a sprinkle of feta cheese and olive oil.
I'll probably have avocado toast, maybe some oatmeal.
- I'll probably have avocado toast, maybe some oatmeal.
- But just setting up a little build your own avocado toast section.
- I really wanted avocado toast but we do not have bread.
- And they also like, I don't know, it was like avocado toast, hard boiled egg and a porridge.
- I just had a Pickles, chips and guac salsa, pita chips with the zoob and avocado toast.
- But I think I might go home and see if my avocados are still good and if they are, we're going to make some avocado toast and some Turkey bacon and get to work.
- I've, I've had posts, you know, things like avocado toast versus Nutella toast, just displaying the simple facts.
- Nothing spilled outside the bag, but I just know these avocado toasts are all fucked up Fox right now.
Examples
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Now, these toppings are salt, pepper, red chili flakes, which is what you put on avocado toast, right?
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She loves to start her day with avocado toast garnished with fresh herbs and a dash of lemon.
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I really wanted avocado toast but we do not have bread.
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Do you want avocado toast or do you want a waffle?
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I like to have avocado toast on gluten free bread.
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I'll probably have avocado toast, maybe some oatmeal.
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And then last weekend I had a piece of avocado toast on sourdough bread from our favorite place, PCP, your favorite local breakfast spot.
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It was avocado toast with two poached eggs, some cayenne for a little kick.
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For breakfast, I enjoyed a delicious piece of avocado toast topped with cherry tomatoes.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although the literal sense (a slice of toast with avocado) is transparently built from 'avocado' + 'toast', the cited meaning is a metonymic, socio-cultural reference to discretionary spending and politically framed critiques of young adults. That figurative, discourse-specific sense is not predictable from the constituents and requires cultural knowledge and exposure, so a B1 learner who only knows the words would not infer it.
Etymology
Avocado toast comes from the simple picture of a mashed avocado spread on a slice of toast that cafés made popular as a fresh, easy breakfast. That's why the phrase means 'a slice of toasted bread topped with mashed or sliced avocado'.