Melba toast

Melba toast

n. Very thinly sliced crisp toast.

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[After Dame Nellie Melbawho was served such toast while staying at the Savoy Hotel in London in 1897.]

Melba toast

n (Cookery) very thin crisp toast [C20: named after Dame Nellie Melba]

Mel′ba toast`

n. narrow slices of thin crisp toast. [1920–25; after N. Melba]

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Melba toast - very thin crisp brown toast toast - slices of bread that have been toasted

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