toaster C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives US /ˈtoʊstɚ/ UK /ˈtəʊstə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an electrical appliance for browning slices of bread The toaster popped two slices up just as the kettle began to whistle. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an electrical appliance for... appliance Word family Related forms toasttoasting Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 - Word Formation & Derivatives - General Vocabulary markdown