avocado toast

American  

[av-uh-kah-doh tohst, ah-vuh‐] / æv əˈkɑ doʊ ˌtoʊst, ɑ və‐ /

noun

1. a dish of toast topped with seasoned mashed or sliced avocado, often served with various garnishes.

   They bring a selection of toppings for the avocado toast—I always go for the chopped olives and roasted peppers.

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Etymology

Origin of avocado toast

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

In 2023, #WhitePeopleMeals trended on RedNote as Chinese users posted combinations like raw carrots wrapped in cheese, plain bread and ham, and avocado toast.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

An order of the chain’s avocado toast runs around $12.99.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

But reinvest those dividends — actually use the cash to buy more shares instead of blowing it on avocado toast — and that same thousand balloons to $112,000.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

For boomers, conventional wisdom says they resent millennials, that they think they’re lazy or entitled, and that, hey, maybe they could afford a home if they stopped shelling out so much on avocado toast.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2025

There are a number of pluses to a potential purchase, he argued, including avocado toast, tech dominance and Disneyland — though the latter would be renamed Hans Christian Andersenland, after the Danish author.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025