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🔥 Pleasantly warm 🍞 Slightly crisp
toasty

toasty

3 2.4
Slightly warm and tasting like warm crisp bread
  • adjective
  • /ˈtoʊsti/
translation icon : tostado
  • She enjoyed a warm bowl of soup with toasty croutons floating on top, adding a delightful crunch.
  • toasty flavor
  • smell toasty
  • toasty brown

You get that really nice toasty, nutty aroma.

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Examples

  • It was a beautiful day and finally, not super hot—though with the sun it got pretty toasty.

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  • The sugar in dates gets all nice and toasty and caramelizes in the oven, changing the flavor.

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  • Make them as toasty as you prefer.

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  • This one over here is more toasty, overstuffed.

  • It says here a sweet, a sweet, toasty end to a long, cold day.

  • I like really toasty bready things.

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  • You get that really nice toasty, nutty aroma.

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  • It will hold a ton of residual heat and still be nice, toasty, and delicious when it hits the table.

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  • Uber-crisp fried ginger and garlic bits smell sweet, spicy, and toasty, and they add a very welcome crunch to an otherwise soft dish.

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  • The freshly roasted coffee has a rich, toasty flavor that beautifully complements the sweetness of the chocolate.

Synonyms

crispy
vstoasty
67 1.0

Food that is firm and makes a sharp sound when you bite it

focuses on slight warmth and browned flavor rather than crunch alone
toasted
vstoasty
14 1.0

Having a brown, crisp surface from heat, like bread

is milder, meaning slight warmth and crispness rather than heavy browning

Antonyms

cold
131 1.0

The feeling of low temperature on your body

soggy
18 1.1

A wet, heavy, doughy texture in cooked food

Compounds

toasty fire
  • Informal
2.7

A warm, cozy fire in a fireplace that makes a room feel comfortable

toasty sweater
  • Informal
1.8

A warm, cozy piece of clothing that keeps you comfortable in cold weather

How Toasted

burned
1.0
crispy
67 1.0
toasty
3 2.4
raw
353 1.0

Surface Forms

toasty positive

Morphology

toasty = toast (transparent) = toast + y

The adjective 'toasty' is transparently derived from 'toast' with the suffix '-y', indicating a quality similar to toast.

Etymology

Toasty comes from toast, bread or food made brown by heat, and the idea of 'to brown' links the word to a warm, crisp taste. So toasty can mean slightly warm or having the warm, crisp taste or smell of something toasted.