Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense toasts, present participle toasting, past tense, past participle toasted
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. verb
When you toast something such as bread, you cook it at a high temperature so that it becomes brownand crisp.
Toast the bread lightly on both sides. [VERB noun]
...a toasted sandwich. [VERB-ed]
cook
Synonyms: brown, grill, crisp, roast More Synonyms of toast
3. countable noun
When you drink a toastto someone or something, you drink some wine or another alcoholic drink as a symbolic gesture, in order to show your appreciation of them or to wish them success.
The host drank a toast to each guest in turn. [+ to]
At the end of the meal Burgoyne was asked to propose a toast.
4. verb
When you toast someone or something, you drink a toast to them.
Party officials and generals toasted his health. [VERB noun]
They toasted her in champagne. [V n in/with n]
Synonyms: drink to, honour, pledge to, salute More Synonyms of toast
5. singular noun
If someone is the toast of a place, they are very popular and greatly admired there, because they have done something very successfully or well.
She was the toast of Paris. [+ of]
Synonyms: favourite, celebrity, darling, talk More Synonyms of toast
6.
See be toast
More Synonyms of toast
toast in British English1
(təʊst)
noun
1.
sliced bread browned by exposure to heat, usually under a grill, over a fire, or in a toaster
2. be toast
verb
3. (transitive)
to brown under a grill or over a fire
to toast cheese
4.
to warm or be warmed in a similar manner
to toast one's hands by the fire
Word origin
C14: from Old French toster, from Latin tōstus parched, baked from torrēre to dry with heat; see thirst, torrid
toast in British English2
(təʊst)
noun
1.
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
2.
a person or thing honoured by such a tribute or proposal
3.
(esp formerly) an attractive woman to whom such tributes are frequently made
she was the toast of the town
verb
4.
to propose or drink a toast to (a person or thing)
5. (intransitive)
to add vocal effects to a prerecorded track: a disc-jockey technique
See also rap1 (sense 6)
Derived forms
toaster (ˈtoaster)
noun
Word origin
C17 (in the sense: a lady to whom the company is asked to drink): from toast1,from the idea that the name of the lady would flavour the drink like a piece of spicedtoast
toast in American English1
(toʊst)
verb transitive
1.
to brown the surface of (bread, cheese, etc.) by heating in a toaster, over or near a fire, or in an oven
2.
to warm thoroughly
toast yourselves by the fire
verb intransitive
3.
to become toasted
noun
4.
sliced bread made brown and crisp by heat
Word origin
ME tosten < OFr toster < VL *tostare < L tostus, pp. of torrere, to parch, roast: see thirst
toast in American English2
(toʊst)
noun
1.
a person, thing, idea, etc. in honor of which a person or persons raise their glasses and drink
2.
a.
a proposal to drink to such a person, etc., or a sentiment expressed just before so drinking
b.
such a drink
3.
any person greatly admired or acclaimed
verb transitive, verb intransitive
4.
to propose or drink a toast (to)
Word origin
from the use of toasted spiced bread to flavor the wine, and the notion that the personhonored also added flavor
toast in Hospitality
(toʊst)
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, breakfast)
Toast is bread which has been cut into slices and made brown and crisp by cooking at ahigh temperature.
COLLOCATIONS: slice of ~
Would you like some more slices of toast with your breakfast?
Have some bread or toast to eat with your eggs.
I burned the toast and did not serve it at breakfast.