toaster

¹

[toh-ster]

noun

1. a person who proposes or joins in a toast to someone or something.

toaster

²

[toh-ster]

noun

1. an instrument or appliance for toasting toast bread, muffins, etc.

2. a person who toasts toast something.

toaster

/ ˈtəʊstə /

noun

1. a device for toasting bread, usually electric, and often equipped with an automatic timer

Word History and Origins

Origin of toaster¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; toast ² + -er ¹

Origin of toaster²

First recorded in 1575–85; toast ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Lotus Two Slice Toaster – My trusty $20 toaster recently gave up the ghost, and I didn’t realize how much I’d been settling until I dropped a bagel into the Lotus two-slice.

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Sure, AI is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but we probably don’t need 100 gigawatts of toasters paid for with datacenter-collateralized debt guarantees from toaster manufacturers—today’s circular deals.

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But the proliferation of food items advertised as high-protein, ranging from toaster pastries to tortilla chips, could lead consumers astray, Miserandino said.

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The Hedgehog clears crumbs from the recesses of a toaster oven, the back of a pantry or that limbo area under the fridge.

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He is now at the helm of a £564m UK empire selling a host of big and small household appliances from TVs, laptops and phones, to fridge freezers, washing machines, kettles and toasters.

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