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

That could look like: One piece of avocado toast for breakfast instead of a whole bagel or cereal. —Heather Sandison, Contributor, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025

The three-course brunch will spotlight sweet and savory dishes such as avocado toast, chia see pudding, French toast, chilaquiles, smoked salmon bagel, panna cotta and the choice of a mimosa or signature cocktail. —Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025

For a savory breakfast, try avocado toast topped with garbanzo beans. —Cristina Mutchler, Health, 30 Jan. 2025

As is the Italian custom, breakfast is included in the rate, ranging from the Roman staple of cappuccino and sweet cornetto to fresh fruit and avocado toast or the entire international panoply of eggs, sausage, and bacon. —Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above