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Definition: Toaster |
ToasterNoun1. A kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread. 2. Someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | Toaster n. 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controller; often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see elevator controller). "DWIM for an assembler? That'd be as silly as running Unix on your toaster (http://www.phys.uu.nl/~beljaars/reddwarf/script/4/4.whi)!" 2. A very, very dumb computer. "You could run this program on any dumb toaster." See bitty box, Get a real computer!, toy, beige toaster. 3. A Macintosh, esp. a Mac in the original unitary case. Some hold that this is implied by sense 2. 4. A peripheral device. "I bought my box without toasters, but since then I've added two boards and a second disk drive." 5. A specialized computer used as an appliance. See web toaster, video toaster. Source: Jargon File. |
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Synonym: ToasterSynonym: wassailer (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Toaster |
| English words defined with "toaster": connect ♦ functional ♦ in working order ♦ operable, operational ♦ plug in ♦ toaster oven ♦ usable, useable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "toaster": AI koan, Amiga, appliance-service representative ♦ beige toaster, bitty box ♦ CHEESE TOASTER, coaster toaster ♦ ELECTRICAL-APPLIANCE REPAIRER, elevator controller ♦ Macintrash ♦ RTFM ♦ small-appliance repairer, Some AI Koans ♦ TOASTING IRON ♦ video toaster. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Toaster" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (toaster, toasters). |
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Screenplays | There won't be enough left of him to make a toaster! (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio) And soon we will put apples in your mouths and stick you in our toaster ovens! (VeggieTales: Dave and the Giant Pickle; writing credit: Frank Daniel; Alain Robbe-Grillet) Nash, the most high-tech thing on this computer is the flying toaster screen saver. (Nash Bridges; writing credit: Neil Gaiman; Lenny Henry) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if you have a functioning home copier machine, but every toaster you own turns bread into charcoal. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Toaster (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Edicraft Toaster, Horizontal Type; Date Unknown {01.120/11}. |  | Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Automatic toaster. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Human Rights | Dominican Republic | Prison officials use a punishment called "the toaster," where prisoners are laid, shackled hand and foot, on a bed of hot asphalt for the entire day and are beaten with a club if they scream. (references) |
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| "Toaster" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Toaster" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 71 | 39,674 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "toaster": beige toaster ♦ coaster toaster ♦ toaster oven ♦ video toaster ♦ web toaster. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "toaster": toaster-type. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "toaster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | aparat për përgatitjen e tostave, ai që thotë dolli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محمصة خبز كهربائية, ناخب (constituent, elector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тостер, ел. скара за препичане на филии. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 多士炉. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | toastovaè, opékaè topinek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | broedrister. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | broodrooster. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نوشنده بسلامتی کسی , نان برشته کن , سرخ کننده (Frier, Roaster), برشته کننده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | paahdin (grill, roaster, rotisserie, spit roaster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | grille-pain. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Toaster (toasters). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φρυγανιέρα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקל", מצ ם, טוסטר. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kenyérpirító. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tostapane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | デ杯 (bathroom, Davis Cup, lavatory, prerecorded announcement, restroom, talk, talk show, talkie, Taurus, tautology, toad, toast, tochka, toe, toe dance, toe kick, toeshows, together, Togo, toilet, toilet case, toilet paper, toilet powder, toilet soap, toiletry, Tokaji, Tokamak, Tokay, token, tokenism, toll, tollgate, tonal, tonality, tone, tone down, tooth, torch, torch lamp, torch relay, tornado, torus, total, Total Energy System, total fashion, total look, total product, totalizator system, tote bag, totem, totem pole, totemism, tournament, tournament pro, toxoplasma, true, try for point, tutti). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | トースター . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | iuder slaynt (toaster person), greddaner (toaster for bread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oastertay torradeira (roaster). (various references) тостер. (various references) tosterski, toster, naprava za prženje. (various references) tostadora. (various references) brödrost. (various references) ekmek kızartma makinesi. (various references) тостер, той, хто проголошу" тост. (various references) người nướng bánh lò nướng bánh người nâng cốc chúc mừng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "toaster": toasters. (additional references) | |
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"Toaster" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: toaste, toastey, toate, Tolsta, topster, Touster. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "toaster" (pronounced tō"ster) |
| 4 | -ō" s t er | coaster, poster, roaster. |
| 3 | -s t er | adjuster, administer, alabaster, ancestor, aster, banister, bannister, barrister, blaster, blister, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, broadcaster, burgomaster, Buster, canister, cannister, caster, Castor, cloister, cluster, concertmaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, disaster, dumpster, duster, Easter, ester, faster, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, forecaster, Forester, Foster, gangbuster, gangster, Gaster, grandmaster, hamster, harvester, headmaster, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, laster, Leister, Lister, lobster, Luster, lustre, master, minister, Minster, Mister, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, newscaster, oldster, oleaster, ouster, oyster, paster, pastor, pester, pilaster, plaster, pollster, polyester, postmaster, prankster, protester, quartermaster, raster, register, requester, rester, ringmaster, roadster, roister, rooster, roster, royster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, sister, spinster, sportscaster, stepsister, taskmaster, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toastmaster, transistor, trickster, trimester, twister, Ulster, upholster, waster, Webster, Wester, youngster, zoster. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: rotates. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: oaters, orates, ottars, otters, rotate, rottes, stater, stator, tarots, taster, taters, tetras, tortes, toters, treats. | |
-2 letters: arose, aster, oater, orate, ottar, otter, rates, ratos, roast, roset, rotas, rotes, rotte, stare, start, state, stoae, stoat, store, tares, taros, tarot, tarts, taste, tater, tates, tears, teats, testa, tetra, toast, toeas, toras, tores, torse, torte. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-o-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: abettors, aerostat, attestor, garottes, outrates, outstare, prostate, rheostat, rostrate, taborets, testator, toasters, toastier. | |
+2 letters: adroitest, aerostats, aftermost, allotters, amarettos, amorettos, astrocyte, attestors, attorneys, betatrons, corotates, cottagers, estimator, foretaste, frottages, garotters, garrottes, northeast, obturates, operettas, outstared, outstares, outtrades, overstate, pastorate, patentors, poetaster, prostates, prostrate, retroacts, rheostats, rotatores, spectator, stateroom, stationer, tabourets, tattooers, tautomers, teratomas, testators, tetragons, tetrapods, theocrats, tolerates, tutorages. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 61 73 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .- ... - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o a s t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0061 0073 0074 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54816785867184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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