toast

  • 41toast — {{11}}toast (n.1) a call to drink to someone s health, 1700 (but said by Steele, 1709, to date to the reign of Charles II), originally referring to the beautiful or popular woman whose health is proposed and drunk, from the use of spiced TOAST… …

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  • 42toast — [[t]to͟ʊst[/t]] toasts, toasting, toasted 1) N UNCOUNT Toast is bread which has been cut into slices and made brown and crisp by cooking at a high temperature. ...a piece of toast. 2) VERB When you toast something such as bread, you cook it at a… …

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  • 43toast — toast1 /tohst/, n. 1. sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat. 2. be toast, Slang. to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble: If you re late to work again, you re toast! v.t. 3. to brown, as bread or cheese, by exposure to heat. 4. to heat or… …

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  • 44toast — I [[t]toʊst[/t]] n. 1) sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat 2) to brown (bread, cheese, etc.) by exposure to heat 3) to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire: to toast one s feet at the fireplace[/ex] 4) to become toasted • be toast… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 45toast — I. /toʊst / (say tohst) noun 1. bread in slices browned on both surfaces by heat. –verb (t) 2. to brown, as bread or cheese, by exposure to heat. 3. to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire. –verb (i) 4. to become toasted. –phrase 5. be toast,… …

  • 46toast — toast1 noun 1》 sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat. 2》 an act or instance of raising glasses at a gathering and drinking together in honour of a person or thing.     ↘a person who is toasted or held in high regard: he… …

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  • 47toast — 1 noun 1 (U) bread that has been heated so that it is brown on both sides and no longer soft: We had toast for breakfast. 2 (C) an occasion when you ask people to all drink something in order to thank someone, wish someone luck etc: propose a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48toast — I. verb Etymology: Middle English tosten, from Anglo French toster, from Late Latin tostare to roast, from Latin tostus, past participle of torrēre to dry, parch more at thirst Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to warm thoroughly 2. to make… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 49Toast — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le mot toste ou toast (du latin tostare, dérivé lui même de tostus, a, um, participe passé adjectivé de torrere « sécher, brûler, griller », cf …

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  • 50toast — 1. noun /təʊst,toʊst/ a) Toasted bread. I ate a piece of toast for breakfast. b) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say cheers ) while drinking alcohol. All toasters toast toast …

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