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TOHST-uh/ˈtəʊstə/

A toaster is the kitchen machine that heats bread to make toast. Toast is the food; toaster is the machine — put bread in the toaster. A grill and an oven also heat food, but a toaster is for bread. A kettle boils water. Countable: a toaster.

Meaning

A machine that heats bread to make toast.

Examples

• “Put the bread in the toaster.”
• “This toaster is broken.”
• “Take the toast out of the toaster.”

Good to know

toaster = the machine. toast = the food. Contrast: kettle (water), oven.

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