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milk toast

/ˈmɪlk ˌtoʊst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
milk -toast
IPA
/ˈmɪlk ˌtoʊst/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk, typically with sugar and butter, but which also may contain other ingredients.

Countable; Uncountable

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɪlk ˌtoʊst/
  • British English: /ˈmɪlk təʊst/

Usage

Inflected Forms

milk toasts (plural)

Derived Forms

milquetoast

Synonyms

graveyard stew

Homonyms

milquetoast

Questions

How do you pronounce milk toast?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪlk ˌtoʊst/.
What does milk toast mean?
A food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk, typically with sugar and butter, but which also may contain other ingredients.

How to pronounce milk toast

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