toaster

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈtoʊstɚ/ UK /ˈtəʊstə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
an electrical appliance for browning slices of bread

The toaster popped two slices up just as the kettle began to whistle.

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1 noun · an electrical appliance for... appliance

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Related forms toast toasting

Etymology

From toast (the verb, from Old French toster 'to roast', from Latin tostus, past participle of torrere 'to parch, roast') + the agent/instrument suffix -er.

toster Old French torrere Latin

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Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives

# toaster

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈtoʊstɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈtəʊstə

## Meanings
1. an electrical appliance for browning slices of bread

## Examples
- The toaster popped two slices up just as the kettle began to whistle.

## Synonyms
- appliance

## Related Forms
- toast
- toasting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: toster
- Root: torrere

## Etymology
From toast (the verb, from Old French toster 'to roast', from Latin tostus, past participle of torrere 'to parch, roast') + the agent/instrument suffix -er.

## AI Etymology
Toaster is from toast (the verb, from Old French toster 'to roast', from Latin tostus, past participle of torrere 'to parch, roast') + the agent/instrument suffix -er. Important recorded forms include toster (Old French) and torrere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers an electrical appliance for browning slices of bread. The wider family includes related words such as toast and toasting.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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