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toasty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtoʊsti/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From toast + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of toast.
   • The toasty smell of baked baguettes pulled out of the oven, of vanilla, butter and sugar from the pastries, resonated in the air. 2013, Michelle Zarrin, From My Heart to Yours, page 1:
2. (colloquial) Pleasantly warm.
   • […] would you want to go to the expense of setting up a furnace in the cellar? It would make the whole house toasty warm; […] 1918, Gene Stratton-Porter, A Daughter of the Land:

Forms

Deriveds

toastily · toastiness

Hypernyms

cosy

Relateds

French-toasty

Translations (5)

cs příjemně prohřátý (pleasantly warm) · cmn 暖烘烘 (pleasantly warm) · sv gosig (pleasantly warm) · cs příjemně teplý (pleasantly warm) · bg леко затоплен (pleasantly warm)

toasty en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtoʊsti/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From toast + -y.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of toastie.
   alt of toastie
   • Before we begin, let's get one thing straight: a grilled cheese sandwich is not just a cheese toasty. A toasty is made in one of those pillow-shaped machines (preferably with a baked bean and Cheddar filling). A grilled cheese sandwich,[…] 2019 August 8, John Whaite, A Flash in the Pan: Simple, speedy stovetop recipes, Octopus Books, →ISBN:
   • Ciara and I were in the backroom having a cup of tea and a ham and cheese toasty, along with a bowl of potato leek soup we'd ordered from the café next door. Ciara set her toasty down and took a sip of her soup. (Can we date this quote?), Cindy Kline, Shamrocks, Shenanigans and Murder: A Molly McGuire Cozy Mystery Book 3, Cindy Kline:

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