What is a round?

[cazzz1975]

when someone asks.. Can I have a couple of rounds of toast, how many in slices is that exactly?

[cazzz1975]

hmm, what is a set then, if we are talking slices of bread?

[naomi24]

A round is a single slice of toast, so a couple of rounds would be two slices.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key =68766&dict=CALD

[bimbim]

I would guess 2 as that's what a toaster generally holds

[cazzz1975]

Thanks for your answers everyone

my toaster holds 4 :D

[Quizmonster]

The earliest reference to a 'round' of toast appears in Barnaby Rudge, published in 1840, by Charles Dickens. There, the sentence reads: "A couple of rounds of buttered toast."
The dictionary says a round may be defined as a) 'a piece of bread cut right across the loaf' or b) 'a sandwich made from two slices cut from a loaf'.
I'd say, therefore, that ' round' in terms of toast is one slice and that 'round' in terms of a sandwich involves two slices.

[mrsbob]

If you're ordering a round of toast in a caf� I suppose it is whatever one serving of toast consists of. i.e. if a caf� serves a portion of toast as two slices then a couple of rounds of toast would equate to four slices.

[cazzz1975]

Interesting spin on it mrs bob

[dolly pond]

why not just say "2slices please" i would have butter, marmite and stinky cheese on mine....... mmmm