toast rack

See also: toastrack and Toast Rack

English

Alternative forms

• toastrack

Noun

toast rack (plural toast racks)

1. A rack designed to hold toasted bread, with a partition for each slice.
2. A type of bicycle stand consisting of several inverted "U"-shaped metal bars connected at ground level by two parallel rails.
3. (rail transport, usually informal) Any of several types of railway or tramway passenger vehicles with open sides and transverse benches that span the width of the vehicle body, such that it resembles a toast rack.
   • 1949 July and August, “Notes and News: Poole Miniature Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 272:

     There are an Atlantic locomotive of free-lance design and six toast-rack coaches.

4. (UK, computing, slang) The ZX Spectrum 128k+ home computer, having a large heat sink built into the keyboard, shaped like a toast rack.

Translations

rack designed to hold toasted bread

• Maori: tītara
• Polish: stojak na tosty m
• Swedish: toast rack

bicycle stand

• Polish: stojak na rowery m

rail transport passenger vehicle

Gallery

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  a plain metal toast rack for holding toasted bread
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  a toast rack bicycle stand
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  A toast rack carriage on the Ffestiniog Railway