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   toast

   /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 tributesalutesalutationhonourhealthcomplimentsbest 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 darlingcelebrityfavouritepetheroineherotalkapple 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: "place under a hot grill 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 honour 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 tosalutehonourarchaic: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 flavoured 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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   • English (US)

     TOAST meaning: 1. sliced bread made warm, crisp (= hard...

   • Znaczenie Toast, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     toast definicja: 1. sliced bread made warm, crisp (= hard...

   • Toast: Russian Translation

     TOAST translate: тост, гренок , тост , пить за...

   • Toast: Japanese Translation

     TOAST translate: トースト（したパン）, 乾杯, （パン）をトーストする, 焼く, （～に）乾杯する,...

   • French Toast

     French toast definition: 1. bread that has been covered in...

   • Toast: Arabic Translation

     TOAST translate: خُبْز مُحَمَّص, يَشرَب نَخب, يَحمّص...

   • Toast Spanish Translation

     TOAST translate: pan tostado, tostadas, brindis, tostar,...

   • Toast: Italian Translation

     toast translate: pane tostato, brindisi, tostare, brindare...

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   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: They drank a toast to the queen. a call on another or others to drink to some person or thing.

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6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTOAST definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   9 meanings: 1. sliced bread browned by exposure to heat, usually under a grill, over a fire, or in a toaster 2. → See be toast.... Click for more definitions. TRANSLATOR

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

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