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

There are turkey-Caesar wraps and burrata-avocado toast, homemade chocolate-chip cookies and baklava, and one strange thing that everyone seems to order – a Korean Cream Cheese Bun that went viral after a food influencer blew it up online. —Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026

Beyond acai bowls and smoothies, offerings include specialty avocado toast, wellness shots, iced coffee, lattes and more. —Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026

Pile it onto avocado toast or serve it alongside fatty fish or lean meats to brighten them up. —Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 23 Feb. 2026

Your Blood Sugar May Stay More Balanced When made with whole-grain bread, avocado toast can help prevent blood sugar spikes. —Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 23 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for avocado toast

• almost
• engrossed
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• lamppost
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• pancoast
• rightmost