cinnamon toast
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- noun
- /ˈsɪnəmən toʊst/
:
tostada de canela
- Yes, I want scrambled eggs and bacon and cinnamon toast.
- make cinnamon toast
- eat cinnamon toast
Examples
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"And we had hot chocolate and cinnamon toast at Rumplemeyer's afterward," Defina remembered smiling.
Fiction book (1994) -
She enjoyed cinnamon toast for breakfast every Saturday morning.
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We can have cinnamon toast.
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Do you have cinnamon toast?
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You could make your own cinnamon toast.
Fiction book (1996) -
Willie used to fix cinnamon toast and hot chocolate for me.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Going to fix breakfast?" "This is breakfast," she said, putting a saucer of cinnamon toast on the table.
Fiction book (1991) -
Cinnamon toast is good!
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But she said she was feeling well, told Paxton she looked thin, and then asked Emmalee to bring them tea and cinnamon toast in the front parlor.
Fiction book (1990) -
After the movie, we treated ourselves to cinnamon toast with cream cheese.
How Cinnamon-Flavored
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from the constituents: 'cinnamon' (a spice) + 'toast' (toasted bread), so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it is toasted bread flavored or sprinkled with cinnamon (and likely sugar). This is a straightforward compositional food compound common cross-linguistically and thus predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Cinnamon toast comes from the simple way it is made: toast, or toasted bread, is spread with butter and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. So today cinnamon toast simply means 'toasted bread flavored with cinnamon and sugar'.