toast
Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
Example
“I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.”
Other meanings
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.”
A kind of
- bread
Kinds of toast
- cinnamon toast
- orange toast
- twice-baked bread
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "tost".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “toast” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.