avocado toast

noun

plural avocado toasts

: toast topped with sliced or mashed avocado

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

Some of chef Sarah Palomares’ menu items are a breakfast sandwich, avocado toast, Belgian waffle, coconut chia pudding, smash burger, roasted veggie farro bowl and roasted chicken crunch salad. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025

The Tonight Show host shared his go-to avocado toast recipe, featuring a slice of homemade sourdough straight from Swift’s kitchen. —Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025

Toastique was started in 2018 by former Division I cheerleader Brianna Keefe, who had fine-tuned her own avocado toast while at James Madison University. —Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025

Bottom Line The choice between avocado toast and nut butter toast will ultimately depend on your taste preferences as well as your nutritional goals—both of these healthy fat toppings are good for your heart, help keep you full, and contain a plethora of micronutrients. —Sherri Gordon, Health, 7 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for avocado toast

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