toasty sweater
- noun
- Informal
- My grandma knitted me a toasty sweater that keeps me warm all winter.
Examples
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This toasty sweater keeps me warm all winter long.
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She wrapped herself in her toasty sweater before heading outside on the chilly morning.
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After coming in from the snow, he changed into a toasty sweater and thick wool socks.
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I love wearing my toasty sweaters during the chilly evenings.
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After coming in from the snow, he changed into a toasty sweater and thick wool socks.
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My grandma knitted me a toasty sweater that keeps me warm all winter.
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She wrapped herself in her toasty sweater before heading outside on the chilly morning.
Synonyms
A casual sweatshirt with a hood you pull over your head for warmth
A thick warm sweater you wear in cold weather
A knitted piece of clothing made with thick yarn to keep you warm
A warm comfortable sweatshirt with a hood for relaxing or casual wear
How Warm
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a warm, cozy sweater' is directly derived from combining 'toasty' (warm, cozy) with 'sweater' (a warm knitted garment). This simple adjective+noun compositional pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Toasty sweater comes from the picture of someone wrapped in a sweater and feeling as warm as toast near a fire. That's why toasty sweater means 'a sweater that is warm and cozy'.