avocado toast

noun

plural avocado toasts

: toast topped with sliced or mashed avocado and usually seasoning

Sometimes called an avocado toast (and in the United States often associated with California), it's comfort food for any time of the day. You smash half a ripe avocado onto a thick piece of multigrain toast, season it with salt, pepper and chile flakes, then give it a splash of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon. Anything else is a flourish: dukkah (an Egyptian spice mix), toasted pumpkin seeds, a poached egg.

—Oliver Strand

Brunch dishes include avocado toast with pickled onion, soft egg, and pecan for $12 …

—Lia Picard

Examples of avocado toast in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Start the day with gallo pinto (Costa Rican rice and beans) served with two eggs cooked to your liking, fresh cheese, ripe plantains, and sour cream or go for avocado toast, pancakes, or artisanal yogurt. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026

Serve over brown rice or quinoa or with a side of whole-grain avocado toast. —Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2026

The fruit is most often used in savory dishes like guacamole, avocado toast, cucumber salad, and this creamy avocado dip. —Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026

Duff, who launched her Small Rooms, Big Nerves tour in January 2026 in London and has The Lucky Me Tour set for June 2026, also opened up about cooking for her family — including an avocado toast rivalry with her husband. —Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for avocado toast

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