toaster

See also: Toaster

English

A typical toaster that takes two slices of bread at a time.

Etymology

From toast +‎ -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (patient suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊstə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊstɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊstə(ɹ)
• Homophone: Towcester

Noun

toaster (plural toasters)

1. An electrical device for toasting bread, English muffins, crumpets, etc.
2. A toasting fork.
3. (archaic) A fish ready for toasting.
   • 1851, Henry Mayhew, “The London Street Markets on a Saturday Night”, in London Labour and the London Poor; […], volume I (The London Street-folk. Book the First.), London: [George Woodfall], →OCLC, page 9, column 2:

     [T]he tumult of the thousand different cries of the eager dealers, all shouting at the top of their voices, at one and the same time, is almost bewildering. […] "Come and look at 'em! here's toasters!" bellows one with a Yarmouth bloater stuck on a toasting-fork.

4. One who toasts (cooks lightly by browning).
5. One who toasts (engages in salute while drinking alcohol).
6. (US, slang) A firearm, especially a pistol.
   • 2001, “Renegade”, in The Blueprint, performed by Jay-Z ft. Eminem:

     The renegade, you been afraid I penetrate pop culture / Bring 'em a lot closer to the block where they pop toasters

7. (humorous, now rare) A rapier or similar weapon.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 27, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     This attitude, and the sight of the blade which glistened by moonlight in his face, checked in some sort, the ardour of his assailant, who desired he would lay aside his toaster, and take a bout with him at equal arms.

8. (automotive, informal, derogatory) Any of several small, box-like automobiles exemplified by the Scion xB and Honda Element.
9. (music, informal, derogatory) An electronic organ, especially a crude one that uses analog technology.
10. (computing, humorous) A low-end or outdated personal computer.
    • 2000, Jennifer Fulton, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 15:

      For most older computers (pre-486 and even some 486s), it's simply easier to throw them away and start over (and cheaper, too). I know; this probably goes against the grain; after all, you hung onto that old toaster for three years, and now it makes a darn good doorstop.

    • 2005, Clark N. Quinn, Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 65:

      On the technical side, we had only the old “toaster” Macintosh computers as our environment (only black and white and 512 by 480 screen resolution) and a variety of IBM PCs or equivalents.

    1. (furry fandom) A protogen.
11. (computing slang, uncommon) A self-contained software package distributable over the Internet or by burning onto CDs.
    • 2008, Michael Jang, Ubuntu Certified Professional Study Guide, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 9:

      The Freedom Toaster was developed with backing from Mark Shuttleworth as a vending-machine-style dispenser of free digital products, including Ubuntu Linux.

12. (music) a DJ who accompanies reggae with improvised rhythmic speech.
13. (rail transport, US, informal, derogatory) Diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation known for a propensity to catch fire, especially those showing previous fire damage
    • 2023 July 2, Jim Griffin, “BNSF GE Power”, in ActionRoad.net‎:

      No. 4020 shows off the aftereffects of the GE “toaster” phenomenon as it runs on the Joint Line north of the Air Force Academy (7/02/2023).

    • 2020 December 13, containerman2, “A GE "Toaster" Leads CN Train 406 West at Boundary Creek, NB on a Nice Sunny Afternoon”, in Youtube‎:

      Railfans often call GE Dash-9s as "toasters" which certainly applies to this locomotive.

    • 2007 October 1, tree68, “Fire out the stack”, in Trains Forums‎:

      IIRC, it's usually a toaster (GE).

14. (rail transport, US, informal) An EMD AEM-7 electric locomotive
    • 2021 December 15, Trains Staff, “News Photos: Toaster, California style”, in Trains‎:
    • 2018 March 29, Eric Berger, “Amtrak AEM-7 Preserved at Illinois Railway Museum”, in Railfan & Railroad‎:

      The origin of the design led railroaders to dub the units “meatballs,” and its boxy appearance inspired railfans to call them “toasters.”

    • 2016 June 20, “A Fond Farewell to the AEM-7”, in Amtrak: History of America's Railroad‎:

      Sometimes affectionately referred to as “toasters” and “Swedish meatballs” due to their compact, boxy design and Swedish origins, the AEM-7s first entered service in May 1980 and since then have traveled more than 220 million miles.

Derived terms

• toaster oven

 

Related terms

• toast
• toasted

Descendants

• → French: toasteur
• → German: Toaster
• → Hebrew: טוסטר
• → Japanese: トースター (tōsutā)
• → Korean: 토스터 (toseuteo)
• → Polish: toster
• → Russian: то́стер (tóstɛr)

Translations

device for toasting bread

Arabic: مُحَمِصَّة f (muḥamiṣṣa), مُحَمِّصَة خُبْز f (muḥammiṣat ḵubz) Armenian: տոստեր (hy) (toster) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܨܵܘܝܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ f (mṣāwyānītā), ܡܨܵܘܝܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ ܕܠܲܚܡܵܐ f (mṣāwyānītā d-laḥmā) Basque: txigorgailu Belarusian: то́стар m (tóstar) Breton: krazerez-vara f Bulgarian: тостер m (toster) Catalan: torradora f Chinese: Cantonese: 多士爐／多士炉 (do1 si6-2 lou4) Mandarin: 烤麵包機／烤面包机 (zh) (kǎomiànbāojī), 多士爐／多士炉 (duōshìlú) (Hong Kong) Comox: hawʔaʔmɛns kʷsaplɛn Cornish: krasell f, krasyor m Czech: toustovač m Danish: brødrister (da) c Dutch: broodrooster (nl) Esperanto: panrostilo Finnish: leivänpaahdin (fi), paahdin (fi) French: grille-pain (fr) m, toasteur (fr) m Galician: torradora f German: Toaster (de) m Greek: φρυγανιέρα (el) f (fryganiéra) Hebrew: טוסטר (he) m (tóster), מצנם (he) m (matsném), מקלה (he) m (maqlé) Icelandic: brauðrist f Ido: rostilo (io) Irish: tóstaer m Italian: tostapane (it) Japanese: トースター (ja) (tōsutā) Korean: 토스터 (toseuteo) Malay: pembakar roti Manx: greddaner Maori: whakatōhi Mongolian: талх шарагч (talx šaragč) Norman: grille-pain m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: brødrister (no) m Nynorsk: brødristar m Persian: تستر (fa) (toster) Polish: toster (pl) m Portuguese: torradeira (pt) f Romanian: prăjitor (ro) n, prăjitor de pâine n Russian: то́стер (ru) m (tóstɛr) Scottish Gaelic: tòstair m Spanish: tostadora (es) f, tostador m Swedish: brödrost (sv) c Thai: เครื่องปิ้งขนมปัง (krʉ̂ʉang-bpîng-kà-nǒm-bpang) Turkish: ekmek kızartma makinesi Ukrainian: то́стер m (tóster) Vietnamese: máy nướng bánh mì Welsh: tostydd m

See also

• tea and toaster

 

Further reading

• toaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rosetta, reostat, rosetta, rotates, stoater

French

Etymology

From toast +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔs.te/

• Audio:

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Verb

toaster

1. to toast (grill bread to make toast)
2. to toast (drink to something)

Conjugation

infinitive	simple	toaster
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	toastant /tɔs.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		toasté /tɔs.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	toaste /tɔst/	toastes /tɔst/	toaste /tɔst/	toastons /tɔs.tɔ̃/	toastez /tɔs.te/	toastent /tɔst/
	imperfect	toastais /tɔs.tɛ/	toastais /tɔs.tɛ/	toastait /tɔs.tɛ/	toastions /tɔs.tjɔ̃/	toastiez /tɔs.tje/	toastaient /tɔs.tɛ/
	past historic2	toastai /tɔs.te/	toastas /tɔs.ta/	toasta /tɔs.ta/	toastâmes /tɔs.tam/	toastâtes /tɔs.tat/	toastèrent /tɔs.tɛʁ/
	future	toasterai /tɔs.tə.ʁe/	toasteras /tɔs.tə.ʁa/	toastera /tɔs.tə.ʁa/	toasterons /tɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/	toasterez /tɔs.tə.ʁe/	toasteront /tɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	toasterais /tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/	toasterais /tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/	toasterait /tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/	toasterions /tɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	toasteriez /tɔs.tə.ʁje/	toasteraient /tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	toaste /tɔst/	toastes /tɔst/	toaste /tɔst/	toastions /tɔs.tjɔ̃/	toastiez /tɔs.tje/	toastent /tɔst/
	imperfect2	toastasse /tɔs.tas/	toastasses /tɔs.tas/	toastât /tɔs.ta/	toastassions /tɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/	toastassiez /tɔs.ta.sje/	toastassent /tɔs.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	toaste /tɔst/	—	toastons /tɔs.tɔ̃/	toastez /tɔs.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of toaster (see also Appendix:French verbs)

Further reading

• “toaster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rotâtes