toaster

«toaster» in Mova's school dictionary: a small electric kitchen machine that browns slices of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a toaster, toasters)

meaning for a pupil

A toaster is a small electric kitchen machine that browns slices of bread by heating them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and kitchen safety: never put a knife, fork or anything metal into a toaster, even if the bread is stuck, because you can get an electric shock; unplug it first and ask an adult; keep it away from water and do not leave it on unattended. In science, the wires in a toaster glow red because electricity makes them hot. Phrases: pop up from the toaster, toaster oven.

examples

• I put two slices of bread in the toaster. tree →
• The toast popped up from the toaster. tree →
• Never put a fork in the toaster. tree →
• Unplug the toaster before you clean it. tree →
• The toaster wires glow orange when hot. tree →
• Our toaster burns the toast if it is on high. tree →
• Keep the toaster away from the sink. tree →
• Crumbs in a toaster can catch fire. tree →

note

Countable. A toaster makes toast; toast is uncountable (a slice of toast, two slices of toast). A toaster oven (USA) is a small oven.

In the corpora

• You must never poke a knife or fork into a toaster, even when it is switched off at the wall.
• If toast starts smoking, press the cancel lever and unplug the toaster.
• Old crumbs in a toaster can catch fire, so a grown-up empties the crumb tray when it is unplugged and cold.
• Putting metal into a toaster while it is plugged in can give you an electric shock.
• Metal in a plugged-in toaster or socket can give a shock that stops the heart.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «toaster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.