pop-up toaster
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- noun
- /ˈpɑpˌʌp ˈtoʊstər/
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tostadora automática
- After placing the bread in the pop-up toaster, she eagerly awaited the sound of it popping up.
Examples
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Why don't we get her a pop-up toaster?
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The pop-up toaster quickly browned the slices of bread for breakfast.
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The pop-up toaster is a convenient appliance for making crispy toast in just a few minutes.
Synonyms
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An electric machine that browns slices of bread
An electric machine that makes bread slices brown and pops them up when ready
How Automatic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
pop-up + toaster
The noun is compositional: 'toaster' names the device and 'pop-up' describes its automatic action of popping the toast up, so the meaning 'a toaster that automatically raises the toast when done' is directly inferable from the constituents. The verb+particle derived adjective pattern (pop + up → pop-up) is a common, productive formation and is likely comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the words.
Etymology
Pop-up toaster gets its name from the machine's quick action: when a slice of bread is done it suddenly pops up from the slot. So the name describes a toaster that 'raises' the toast automatically.