toast rack

British  

noun

1. a small stand consisting of a usually oblong base with a number of open-sided partitions between which pieces of toast may be stood upright

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Example Sentences

There were also objections to the proposed design, with Ms Millan likening it to a "toast rack".

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

Old-fashioned toast racks: Store new mail in the slots of a toast rack; when it gets full, go though the mail, pay bills, respond to invites, and shred or toss anything else.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2017

There is one on a mug, another on a toast rack, one on a poster advertising the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2017

H. Blairman & Sons has recreated an English Arts and Crafts study, profuse with ceramics and metalwork, including a severe toast rack from the great, peripatetic Christopher Dresser.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2016

Halfway along the hall was a semicircular table against the wall, and on it was a polished wooden stand, like a toast rack, for holding letters.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan