toaster

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture
noun a kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread

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

And our only toaster is a kitchen-fork wired to the end of a lath. — The Prairie Wife, Arthur Stringer
The floor around me was littered with bottles, my old toaster, my tiny microwave. — Life Blood, Thomas Hoover
I am sure that Thomas W. Crapper, the 19th century inven- tor of the flush toilet would not be pleased that in 1988 man has toasters and other cooking devices that 'crap out'. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

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