Toast Meaning and Definition

Word: Toast

How to pronounce: təʊst

Noun

Definitions:

1. Sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat.

Example sentences: "She buttered a slice of toast"

2. A call to a gathering of people to raise their glasses and drink together in honor of a person or thing, or an instance of drinking in this way.

Example sentences: "He raised his glass in a toast to his son"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Cook or brown (food, especially bread or cheese) by exposure to a grill, fire, or other source of radiant heat.

Example sentences: "He sat by the fire and toasted a piece of bread"

2. Drink to the health or in honor of (someone or something) by raising one's glass together with others.

Example sentences: "Happy families toasting each other's health"

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. (of a DJ) accompany a reggae backing track or music with improvised rhythmic speech.

Example sentences: "She sang, rapped, and toasted, with a voice that was often tart and sassy"

Synonyms:

crouton

crisp

roast

fry

heat

drink

pledge

Derivations:

toasted

toasting

toaster

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Toast in Other Languages...

Spanish: Tostada

German: Toast

French: Toast

Italian: Tostare

Turkish: Kadeh