toaster oven
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- noun
- /ˈtoʊstər ˈʌvən/
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- My toaster oven to make toast for my grandson.
- toaster oven tray
- sandwich in a toaster oven
- warm in a toaster oven
He would BBQ chicken, put a baked potato in the toaster oven and make broccoli.
- He would BBQ chicken, put a baked potato in the toaster oven and make broccoli.
- So in our dorm room there wasn't they didn't, we had one of those toaster oven things.
- So, for instance, I didn't just want to throw in, you know, a toaster oven and the King of Pop.
Examples
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She found the Brussels sprouts in their foil pan and set them in the toaster oven at 350 degrees.
Fiction book (1995) -
They got a toaster oven in here.
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We have a toaster oven.
Fiction book (2001) -
My secret is that I take the plastic off each slice... ...before I put them into the toaster oven.
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I stuck the chops in the toaster oven.
Fiction book (1990) -
I hope he opts for the toaster oven.
Blog text (9) -
Look, Alexander's is having a sale on toaster ovens.
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Our cafeteria has a microwave and a toaster oven for reheating.
Blog text (9) -
Schiller was peering into his toaster oven, examining the progress of a slice of toast.
Fiction book (1998) -
You can easily bake cookies in a toaster oven for a quick treat.
Synonyms
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An electric machine that browns slices of bread
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Morphology
The meaning 'a small electric oven used for toasting, baking, or warming food' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'toaster' (device for toasting) with 'oven' (enclosed cooking appliance); it denotes an oven with toasting function or a small countertop oven. This compound noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Toaster oven comes from the two words toaster and oven. It names a small oven that can 'toast' bread and 'bake' or 'warm' food on the counter, so the word now means a compact electric oven for those jobs.