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   toast

   /tōst/

   noun

   • 1. sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat: "she buttered a slice of toast"
   • 2. a call to a gathering of people to raise their glasses and drink together in honor of a person or thing, or an instance of drinking in this way: "he raised his glass in a toast to his son" Similar tributesalutesalutationhonorhealthcomplimentsbest wishesgreetingsarchaic:pledge
   • ▪ a person or thing that is very popular or held in high regard by a particular group of people: "he found himself the toast of the baseball world" Similar darlingcelebrityfavoritepetheroineherotalkapple of someone's eyethe focus of attentioninformal:blue-eyed boy/girlfair-haired boy/girl

   verb

   • 1. cook or brown (food, especially bread or cheese) by exposure to a grill, fire, or other source of radiant heat: "he sat by the fire and toasted a piece of bread" Similar browncrisp (up)grillbarbecuebakesingesearbroilcharbroil
   • ▪ (of food) cook or become brown by exposure to radiant heat: "broil until the nuts have toasted"
   • ▪ warm (oneself or part of one's body) in front of a fire or other source or heat: "Tim was toasting his feet by the fire" Similar warmwarm upheatheat uproastbring back to lifetake the chill offOpposite cool down
   • 2. drink to the health or in honor of (someone or something) by raising one's glass together with others: "happy families toasting each other's health" Similar pay tribute todrink (to) the health ofdrink tosalutehonorarchaic:pledge

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘burn as the sun does, parch’): from Old French toster ‘roast’, from Latin torrere ‘parch’. The practice of drinking a toast (toast1 (sense 2 of the noun)) goes back to the late 17th century, and originated in naming a lady whose health the company was requested to drink, the idea being that the lady's name flavored the drink like the pieces of spiced toast that were formerly placed in drinks such as wine.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTOAST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   TOAST definition: 1. sliced bread made warm, crisp (= hard enough to break), and brown by being put near a high heat…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of TOAST is sliced bread browned on both sides by heat. How to use toast in a sentence.

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   a person in desperate straits; someone doomed. “one mistake and you're toast ” synonyms: goner. see more. Pronunciation.

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   noun. sliced bread browned by exposure to heat, usually under a grill, over a fire, or in a toaster. be toastinformal. to face certain destruction or defeat. verb. tr to brown under a grill or over a fire. to toast cheese.

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   1. a few words of welcome, congratulation, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc. 2. a person, event, etc., honored with raised glasses before drinking. 3. an act or instance of thus drinking: to drink a toast to the queen.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishTOAST | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   TOAST definition: 1. bread that has been heated to make it brown: 2. a time when people lift their glasses and drink…. Learn more.

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   [countable] toast (to somebody/something) the act of a group of people wishing someone happiness, success, etc. by drinking a glass of something, especially alcohol, at the same time I'd like to propose a toast to the bride and groom. The committee drank a toast to the new project.

9. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › toasttoast | meaning of toast in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

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   toast meaning, definition, what is toast: bread that has been heated so that it is...: Learn more.

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    Toast definition: To heat and brown (bread, for example) by placing in a toaster or an oven or close to a fire.

11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryTOAST definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

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    1.uncountable noun. Toast is bread which has been cut into slices and made brown and crisp by cooking at a high temperature. ...a piece of toast. 2.transitive verb. When you toast something such as bread, you cook it at a high temperature so that it becomes brown and crisp. Toast the bread lightly on both sides.