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toast
1[tohst]
noun
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
verb (used with object)
to brown, as bread or cheese, by exposure to heat.
to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire.
She toasted her feet at the fireplace.
verb (used without object)
to become toasted.
toast
2[tohst]
noun
a salutation or a few words of congratulation, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc.
a person, event, sentiment, or the like, in honor of whom another or others raise their glasses in salutation and then drink.
an act or instance of thus drinking.
They drank a toast to the queen.
a call on another or others to drink to some person or thing.
a person who is celebrated as with the spirited homage of a toast.
She was the toast of five continents.
verb (used with object)
to drink to the health of or in honor of; propose a toast to or in honor of.
to propose as a toast.
verb (used without object)
to propose or drink a toast.
toast
1/ əʊ /
noun
a tribute or proposal of health, success, etc, given to a person or thing by a company of people and marked by raising glasses and drinking together
a person or thing honoured by such a tribute or proposal
(esp formerly) an attractive woman to whom such tributes are frequently made
she was the toast of the town
verb
to propose or drink a toast to (a person or thing)
(intr) to add vocal effects to a prerecorded track: a disc-jockey technique See also rap 1
toast
2/ əʊ /
noun
sliced bread browned by exposure to heat, usually under a grill, over a fire, or in a toaster
informalto face certain destruction or defeat
verb
(tr) to brown under a grill or over a fire
to toast cheese
to warm or be warmed in a similar manner
to toast one's hands by the fire
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈٴDzٱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of toast1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of toast1
Origin of toast2
Idioms and Phrases
be toast, to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble.
If you're late to work again, you're toast!
Example Sentences
So there's no evidence that spreading local honey on your toast will help hay fever caused by grass and tree pollens.
And her open-mindedness is what makes her the toast of the town.
Ms Lyne-Pirkis said she has two versions - a rich, roux-based recipe with cheddar, beer, mustard and Worcestershire sauce and a quicker one mixing egg, cheese, and seasoning to spread on toast.
We still ate it, spooned over toasted English muffins with poached eggs, but I couldn’t get past the texture.
The desperation of a toasted Dodger Stadium made itself abundantly clear Sunday in the fourth inning of a sunburn against the New Yankees.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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