toaster

/toustə/

Thân thiện

A child puts two slices of bread into the toaster.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A kitchen appliance for toasting bread: A device, typically electric, used to brown and crisp slices of bread by exposing them to heat.
   • A person who proposes a toast: Someone who formally suggests that others drink a toast to honor or wish success to a person or venture.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Appliance):
  • I put two slices of bread in the toaster for breakfast.
  • The new toaster has a setting for bagels.
• Noun (Person):
  • He was the official toaster at the wedding reception.
  • The best man acted as the toaster, proposing a drink to the newlyweds.

Advanced Usage

• "Toaster oven": A small appliance that combines the functions of a toaster and a small oven.
  • She baked a small pizza in her toaster oven.

Variants and Related Words

• Toast (n): Sliced bread browned by heat.
  • I like butter on my toast.
• Toast (v): To brown bread by heating; to drink in honor of someone/something.
  • We will toast the bread. / Let's toast to your health!

Synonyms

• Bread toaster (for the appliance).
• Well-wisher (for the person, in the context of proposing a toast).

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "To have one's bread land butter-side down in the toaster of life": A humorous, non-standard idiom implying a streak of bad luck. (Note: This is a creative extension, not a common idiom for 'toaster' itself).

Học thuật

Noun

1. a kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread
2. someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture

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