toast rack

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toast rack^¹

noun toast racks · toastrack

A rack designed to hold toasted bread, with a partition for each slice.
A type of bicycle stand consisting of several inverted "U"-shaped metal bars connected at ground level by two parallel rails.
informal, usually 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. There are an Atlantic locomotive of free-lance design and six toast-rack coaches.
UK, slang The ZX Spectrum 128k+ home computer, having a large heat sink built into the keyboard, shaped like a toast rack. Visually very similar to the Spectrum+ […] this 128K RAM computer was distinguishable from its immediate predecessor by a black metal heat sink down the right hand side (now often affectionately referred to as the 'toast rack') which dissipated the extra heat generated by all the new memory chips.

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proper noun the Toast Rack

informal The Hollings Building, a modernist building in Fallowfield, Manchester, England, originally a college.

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@misc{toast_rack_2026,
  title = {toast rack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toast%20rack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}