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toast¹ Definition

toast (tōst)

transitive verb

  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

Etymology: ME tosten < OFr toster < VL *tostare < L tostus, pp. of torrere, to parch, roast: see thirst

intransitive verb

to become toasted

noun

sliced bread made brown and crisp by heat
toast² Definition

toast (tōst)

noun

  1. a person, thing, idea, etc. in honor of which a person or persons raise their glasses and drink
    1. a proposal to drink to such a person, etc., or a sentiment expressed just before so drinking
    2. such a drink
  3. any person greatly admired or acclaimed

Etymology: from the use of toasted spiced bread to flavor the wine, and the notion that the person honored also added flavor

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to propose or drink a toast (to)
toast Synonyms

toast

n.

  1. A sentiment or person drunk to

    pledge, proposal, celebration, ceremony, salute, compliment, commemoration, acknowledgment, thanksgiving; see also honor 1.

    Invitations for toasts include: here's to you, good luck, lest we forget, your health, Sir; prosit (German), skoal (Scandinavian), salud (Spanish), a votre santé (French), lekhaim (Yiddish), slainte (Irish), down the hatch*, here's how*, bottoms up*, here's mud in your eye*, here's looking at you*, cheers* (British).

  2. Browned bread].

    Varieties of toast include: white, rye, whole-wheat, Zwieback, pumpernickel, sourdough, honey, Melba, French, milk, cinnamon, raisin;

toast Synonyms

toast

v.

  1. To honor by drinking liquor

    drink to, pay homage to, drink to someone's health, celebrate, pledge, compliment, propose a toast, name, glorify, make special mention of; see also drink 2, praise 1.

  2. To brown bread

    put in a toaster, heat, dry, cook, crisp, parch, grill.

toast Usage Examples

Object

  • brioche: Xmas Lunch Menu STARTERS Grilled Saint Maure Goat's Grilled goat's cheese on a toasted brioche with pink gooseberry chutney.
  • muffin: The first was a combination of toasted wholemeal muffin, egg á la microwave, and baked beans.
  • bagel: I had some breakfast - toasted bagels with very low fat cream cheese.
  • almond: Serve the soup in bowls sprinkled with the toasted almonds.
  • teacake: We had an ice cream then a huge toasted teacake with a cup of tea, in that order.
  • teacakes: Or try toasted teacakes, fruit buns ( without icing ) and slices of malt loaf.

Converse of object

  • butter: Serve plain or on rounds of hot buttered toast.
  • propose: I'd like to propose a toast to us - the best is yet to come.

Adjective modifier

  • wholemeal: You could cook up some scrambled eggs on wholemeal toast.
  • burnt: However the fire alarms may be set off by burnt toast.
  • loyal: The loyal toast was observed, proposed by the Chairman.

Modifies a noun

  • rack: The item can be anything, from toast racks to gravy boats, salad servers to sugar shakers.

Noun used with modifier

  • melba: Slice vertically in small thin medallions and serve with melba toast, squeeze of lemon or Chili Sauce and iced vodka.
  • wholegrain: Beans on toast 1 slice wholegrain toast with 1 small can baked beans.
  • granary: Other good breakfasts are banana or honey on granary toast, fruit juice and fruit with yogurt is a good one too.
  • prawn: Sarah ate the ribs and the prawn toast, I ate most of the seaweed, the veggie rolls and we shared the satay.
  • sesame: For starters, we had spring rolls, prawn crackers, sesame toasts, deep-fried mushrooms and chicken wings.
  • champagne: At the end, a champagne toast was made to seeing each other again in 2008.

Preposition: with

  • marmalade: In place of a chocolate bar, have a slice of toast with chunky marmalade.
  • butter: Toast painting is what happens when, instead of spreading toast with butter or marmalade, you spread it with paint.
toast Quotes

He could smell her crackling white apron and the faint flavourof toastthat alwayshung about her so deliciously.

—Travers, P(amela) L(yndon)

Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty; Here's to the flaunting extravagant quean; And here's to the housewife that's thrifty. Chorus. Let the toast pass, Drink to the lassö I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for a glass!

—Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I knew There was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges, too. And the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses.

—Mitchell,Joni (RobertaJoan) ne¤  e  Anderson

Fiat justitia, pereat coelum. My toast would be, may our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right. See Decatur 258:8, Ferdinand I 320:1.

—Adams,John Quincy

The smell of buttered toast simply talked toToad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender; of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries.

—Grahame, Kenneth

Though this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a'the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', 'Ye are na Mary Morison.'

—Burns, Robert

As in a month you've got to die If Ko-Ko tells us true, 'Twere empty compliment to cry 'Long life to Nanki-Poo!' But as one month you have to live As fellow-citizen, This toast with three times three we'll giveö 'Long life to youötill then!'

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

To the Glorious,Pious, and Immortal Memory of King William theThird,Prince of Orange, who delivered us from Popes and Popery, Knaves and Knavery, Slaves and Slavery, Brass Money, and Wooden Shoes, and He that Will Not Take thisToast May He Be Damn'd,Cramm'd, and Jamm'd Down the Great Gun of Athlone, and the Gun Fired in the Pope's Belly, and the Pope Fired in the Devil's Belly, and the Devil Fired into Hell, and the Door Lock'd, and the Key Forever in the Pocket of a Stout Orangeman. And Here's a Fart for the Bishop of Cork!

—Anonymous

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