Toast - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |təʊst|  American pronunciation of the word toast
Brit.  |təʊst|  British pronunciation of the word toast

noun

- slices of bread that have been toasted
- a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention
he was the toast of the town
- a person in desperate straits; someone doomed (syn: goner)
one mistake and you're toast
- a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event (syn: pledge)

verb

- make brown and crisp by heating (syn: crisp)
toast bread
- propose a toast to (syn: drink, pledge, salute, wassail)
Let us toast the birthday girl!

Extra examples

I had toast for breakfast.

He made a toast to the bride and groom.

Everyone drank a toast to the bride and groom.

One wrong move and you are toast, buddy.

Toast a slice of bread brown on both sides.

At a party after the show, he was the toast of the West End.

I had a piece of toast for breakfast.

I'd like to propose a toast (=ask people to drink a toast) to the bride and groom.

They toasted the birth of their new baby with champagne.

I toasted the cheese sandwiches.

Tom was toasting his feet by the fire.

Let us toast the birthday girl!

He uses low-fat spread on his toast.

I propose a toast to the Queen.

They made a toast to long life and happiness.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: toast
he/she/it: toasts
present participle: toasting
past tense: toasted
past participle: toasted
noun
singular: toast
plural: toasts
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