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toaster

toaster

121 1.0
An electric machine that browns slices of bread
  • noun
  • /ˈtoʊstər/
translation icon : tostadora
  • Every morning, I enjoy a bagel toasted in my toaster with cream cheese.
  • use a toaster

This is a four piece toaster in a cream creamy white.

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Examples

  • After the meeting, we used the toaster to prepare some snacks for everyone in the kitchen.

  • Customers opening a holiday account on Friday will receive a toaster.

  • I'll get you a toaster.

  • I'm looking for a free toaster.

  • "Good speech," Nina said, putting a piece of bread in the toaster for herself.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • "Miles rescued toast from the toaster, which was inclined to burn things, and began spreading butter."

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Paul J. Torpey was always interested in mechanical things, from fixing the toaster to working on bicycles.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Schiller was peering into his toaster oven, examining the progress of a slice of toast.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • To make breakfast, I put two slices of bread in the toaster and waited for them to turn golden brown.

Synonyms

toaster oven
vstoaster
10 2.7

A small electric oven that toasts, bakes, and warms food on a kitchen counter

is the simpler appliance mainly for browning bread slices rather than full oven use
pop-up toaster
vstoaster
1 2.2

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

is the general kitchen appliance used to brown bread rather than describing lift feature
automatic toaster
vstoaster
2.0

An electric machine that makes bread slices brown and pops them up when ready

is the general kitchen appliance for browning bread slices without extra detail

Compounds

10 2.7

A small electric oven that toasts, bakes, and warms food on a kitchen counter

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

An electric machine that makes bread slices brown and pops them up when ready

How Many Slices

toaster oven
10 2.7
toaster
121 1.0

Surface Forms

toaster singular
toasters plural

Morphology

toaster = toast (transparent) = toast + er

Productive agent/instrument formation with '-er' from the verb 'toast'; the meaning 'appliance for toasting' is directly derived.

Etymology

Toaster comes from the verb toast, which means 'to brown bread by heat', plus the ending -er, meaning 'something that does an action'. So, a toaster is literally 'something that toasts' and today refers to a kitchen machine that browns slices of bread.