A round of toast

[PigeonPairinSomerset]

If you ordered a round of toast, would you expect to get one slice or two?

I’ll go first:

A slice of toast - one piece
A piece of toast - one piece
A round of toast - two pieces

Justification:

A round of drinks: more than one drink
A round of golf: more than one hole

My husband agrees with me but several of our friends don’t. Who’s right?

Me too, I think our glasses are half full. That a different thread though.

No, the word 'round' is indicative of the thing being more than one thing

More than one clap, is a round of applause. More than one hole is a round of golf. More than one slice is a round of toast

Im not even meant to eat bread and now I want some toast.

I take a "round of toast" to mean one slice of bread, toasted (obviously) then cut into either two rectangles or four smaller squares, or two larger or four smaller triangles. Two rounds would mean two slices etc.

AI told me

In the context of food, "a round of toast" generally refers to a single slice of bread that has been toasted, often cut in half diagonally. It's a common term in British English, especially when offering or requesting toast, similar to how "a round of drinks" is used for beverages.

It’s not a term I use but my parents used it to mean one slice.

Marmite on the round?

Definitely at least two pieces per person

Ahhh this would mean ‘however much fits in the toast rack’ - a whole ’nother variable!

Marmite on brown for main. Jam on white toast for pudding.

I only ever use the phrases for cheap white bread, heavily buttered.

Piece of toast = half a slice (triangle obvs)
Slice of toast = what it says
Round of toast = two slices with the buttered slices facing each other

Bases covered. Commendable

A “round of golf” alludes to going [a]round the course. Could be 9 holes or 18, just means finishing the round.

Do you have a source for a round of golf being anything other than a description of the fact that you literally walk round the course?

Anyone else want some really nice toast now? I don’t care how much I have, I just want it to magically appear with a decent cup of tea! Toast (and tea) made by other people is always far nicer than my own IMO.

1 slice

Enough to fill standard size toast rack.

One piece. A round of drinks is one drink per person. It's only a round because there are multiple people.

Oh this is my favourite so far!!

Toasters have either two or four slots for a reason.

Yes, the reason is because it would be annoying to make toast one slice at a time when you could make two or four. It doesn't shed any light on the meaning of the word 'round' in this context though.

Always 😉

This is a good point - most will hold two slices cut in half at a minimum…

A round of sandwiches would be a sandwich made with 2 slices of bread (then cut into rectangles or triangles).

I've never heard anyone say a round of toast though!

A 'source'

Lol

Yes, let me just pull up my thesis on golf.

Round of drinks/round of golf have no relevance.

A round of toast is one slice in my world, possibly cut up (halved into triangles or rectangles, or quartered, or soldiers).

But a round of golf is surely just one trip round the course… ;)

I’ve never used the word ‘round’ to describe servings of any food item, only drinks. Completely unreasonably I am sure, but I associate the use of it for food as common. Toast is only breakfast food. It’s served in a toast rack and the butler makes sure that a serving is whatever’s required to fill that 😂