toast.
Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
Meaning & usage
Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
This toast and marmalade tastes heavenly.
A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
He was the toast of high society.
Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or fire; something which has been burnt to a crisp or incinerated.
The metal frame survived the fire, but the plastic and rubber bits are toast.
Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
to become/be toast
If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!
A type of extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
An old toast ("a lively fellow who drinks excessively").
A transient, informational pop-up overlay, less interactive than a snackbar.
A piece of toast.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *tr̥stós Proto-Italic *torstos Latin tostus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin tostō Old French tosterbor. Middle English tostendeverb. Middle English tost English toast From Middle English tost, from the verb tosten (see below). Etymology 1 sense 3 is according to the Oxford English Dictionary a figurative application of etymology 1 sense 1 dating to 1674. It began as an epithet for a lady being supposed to flavour a bumper like a spiced toast placed in that drink. (In this context, a bumper is a drinking vessel filled to the brim.)
To cook lightly by browning by means of direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
We used to enjoy toasting marshmallows around the campfire.
To cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill.
Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something.
We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.
You all have achieved so much together thus far, so I think that deserves a toast! Let's toast!
To warm thoroughly.
I toasted my feet by the fire.
To perform an extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *tr̥stós Proto-Italic *torstos Latin tostus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin tostō Old French tosterbor. Middle English tosten English toast From Middle English tosten, from Old French toster (“to roast, grill”), from Late Latin tostō, -āre, frequentative of torreō (“to burn, grill”) from its perfect passive participle tostus (“grilled, burnt”).
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