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- Dictionarytoast/təʊst/
noun
- 1. sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat, such as a grill or fire: "she buttered a slice of toast"
- 2. a call to a gathering of people to raise their glasses and drink together in honour of a person or thing, or an instance of drinking in this way: "he raised his glass in a toast to his son" Similar
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
- 2. drink to the health or in honour of (someone or something) by raising one's glass together with others: "happy families toasting each other's health" Similar
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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.
The meaning of TOAST is sliced bread browned on both sides by heat. How to use toast in a sentence.
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.
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:
noun. a person in desperate straits; someone doomed. “one mistake and you're toast ” synonyms: goner. see more. Pronunciation.
Definition of toast noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
TOAST definition: 1. bread that has been heated to make it brown: 2. a time when people lift their glasses and drink…. Learn more.
Toast definition: To heat and brown (bread, for example) by placing in a toaster or an oven or close to a fire.
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.
Britannica Dictionary definition of TOAST. [+ object] : to drink a toast to (someone) Everyone toasted the bride and groom. — compare 2 toast. TOAST meaning: 1 : bread that has been sliced and then made crisp and brown by heat; 2 : to be in a lot of trouble to be completely ruined, defeated, etc.
