toast

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[ tohst ]
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noun
  1. sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.

verb (used with object)
  1. to brown, as bread or cheese, by exposure to heat.

  2. to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire: She toasted her feet at the fireplace.

verb (used without object)
  1. to become toasted.

Idioms about toast

  1. be toast, Slang. to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble: If you're late to work again, you're toast!

Origin of toast

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First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English verb tosten, from Old French toster, from Vulgar Latin tostāre (unattested), derivative of Latin tostus (from unattested torstos ), past participle of torrēre “to parch, roast”, akin to Gothic thaursus, Old Norse thurr “dry”; noun derivative of the verb; see also torrid;see origin at thirst

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Other definitions for toast (2 of 2)

toast2
[ tohst ]

noun
  1. a salutation or a few words of congratulation, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc.

  2. a person, event, sentiment, or the like, in honor of whom another or others raise their glasses in salutation and then drink.

  1. an act or instance of thus drinking: They drank a toast to the queen.

  2. a call on another or others to drink to some person or thing.

  3. a person who is celebrated as with the spirited homage of a toast: She was the toast of five continents.

verb (used with object)
  1. to drink to the health of or in honor of; propose a toast to or in honor of.

  2. to propose as a toast.

verb (used without object)
  1. to propose or drink a toast.

Origin of toast

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First recorded in 1690–1700; figurative use of toast1 (noun); the name of a lady so honored was said to give flavor to the drink comparable to that given by spiced toast

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British Dictionary definitions for toast (1 of 2)

toast1

/ (təʊst) /


noun
  1. sliced bread browned by exposure to heat, usually under a grill, over a fire, or in a toaster

  2. be toast informal to face certain destruction or defeat

verb
  1. (tr) to brown under a grill or over a fire: to toast cheese

  2. to warm or be warmed in a similar manner: to toast one's hands by the fire

Origin of toast

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C14: from Old French toster, from Latin tōstus parched, baked from torrēre to dry with heat; see thirst, torrid

British Dictionary definitions for toast (2 of 2)

toast2

/ (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

  1. (esp formerly) an attractive woman to whom such tributes are frequently made: she was the toast of the town

verb
  1. to propose or drink a toast to (a person or thing)

  2. (intr) to add vocal effects to a prerecorded track: a disc-jockey technique: See also rap 1 (def. 6)

Origin of toast

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C17 (in the sense: a lady to whom the company is asked to drink): from toast 1,from the idea that the name of the lady would flavour the drink like a piece of spiced toast

Derived forms of toast

  • toaster, noun

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Other Idioms and Phrases with toast

toast

see warm as toast.

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