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toasted

toasted

14 1.0
Having a brown, crisp surface from heat, like bread
  • adjective
  • /ˈtoʊstɪd/
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  • Sometimes my mom would make toasted cheese sandwiches, and we'd eat them in front of the fire.
  • toasted almonds
  • toasted bread
  • toasted pecans

But Oh my God, it smells like a toasted marshmallow.

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Examples

  • It's like a delicious Kiwan pop with a perfectly toasted marshmallow on top.

  • We call it golden garlic and toasted pine nuts.

  • Oh, and it's like very golden toasted on one side.

  • I'll have some toasted white bread, please.

  • I have an everything bagel toasted with cream cheese.

  • But Oh my God, it smells like a toasted marshmallow.

  • To give it a bit of texture, we added toasted walnuts.

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  • The smell is intensely nutty, like toasted hazelnuts.

  • Hi, can I have a toasted sandwich, two packets of crisps and Guinness please?

  • I'll have some toasted white bread, please.

Synonyms

roasted
vstoasted
7 1.0

Cooked by dry heat in an oven or over a fire

browns mainly the surface rather than cooking the whole item through
toasty
vstoasted
3 2.4

Slightly warm and tasting like warm crisp bread

refers to surface browning by heat rather than warmth or texture
broiled
vstoasted
  • US
1 3.0

Cooked with heat from above, for example under a grill

uses general exposure to heat rather than focused overhead radiant heat
parched
vstoasted
1 5.2

Lightly roasted grains or seeds people eat as a snack

means general surface browning, not limited to grains or slight heating
seared
vstoasted
4.2

Cooked quickly at very high heat to make a brown crust, like on steak

is browning caused by exposure to heat more gently or over time

Antonyms

raw
353 1.0

In a natural state not cooked, treated, or finished

2 3.8

Food that is not cooked enough and is still raw inside

How Toasted

burned
1.0
toasted
14 1.0
golden
118 1.0
raw
353 1.0

Surface Forms

toasted positive

Morphology

toasted = toast (transparent) = toast + ed

The adjective 'toasted' is clearly derived from the verb 'toast' by adding the past participle suffix '-ed', indicating the state of having been toasted.

Etymology

Toasted comes from an old word that meant 'to roast' or 'to scorch', and it has the same idea as toast, a slice of bread heated until it is brown. So, when we call food 'toasted' we mean its surface has been browned by heat.