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Toast vs Toastmaker - What's the difference?

toast | toastmaker |

As nouns the difference between toast and toastmaker

is that toast is toast (toasted bread or salutation) while toastmaker is a person or machine that makes toast (cooked bread).

toast

English

Noun

(-)
  • Toasted bread.
    • I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
    All toasters toast toast .
  • A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
    • At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
  • A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
    • He was the toast of high society.
  • (slang) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
    • If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast !
  • (slang, Jamaica) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
  • (computing) A transient, pop-up informational window

    • Derived terms

    * french toast * propose a toast * Texas toast * toaster * toast of the town

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
    • We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.
  • To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster
    • Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
  • To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.
    • We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.
  • To warm thoroughly.
    • I toasted my feet by the fire.
  • (slang, Jamaica) To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

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    toastmaker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or machine that makes toast (cooked bread).
  • * 1867 , Archie's ambition
    • It was quite an office she had taken to herself, that of toastmaker to the family, and she made quite a serious business of it. First, there was to be mamma's toast, that was to be very thin and crisp...
  • * 1950 , LIFE magazine (23 October 1950)
    • The new Dormeyer Toastmaker is the modern way to make toast — with that good "old-fashioned" flavor.
  • A toastmaster, one who proposes toasts at a formal occasion.
  • * 1896 , The American magazine
    • As to the host — it is he who is toastmaker on such a gala occasion as I describe.