toasty

comparative toastier · superlative toastiest

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. colloquialPleasantly 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

plural toasties

1. alternativeAlternative form of toastie.

   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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   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