Toast

[təʊst] or [tost]

Definition

(noun.) slices of bread that have been toasted.

(noun.) a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention; 'he was the toast of the town'.

(verb.) propose a toast to; 'Let us toast the birthday girl!'; 'Let's drink to the New Year'.

Checked by John--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

(v. t.) To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.

(v. t.) To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.

(v.) Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.

(v.) A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.

(v.) Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc.

Edited by Griffith

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Scorch (in order to make more palatable, as bread or cheese).[2]. Warm (thoroughly), heat.[3]. Pledge, drink a health to, drink the health of, drink in honor of, drink to.

n. [1]. Toasted bread.[2]. Health (in drinking), pledge.[3]. Sentiment (uttered at a convivial meeting).

Typist: Owen

Definition

v.t. to dry and scorch at the fire: to name when a health is drunk: to drink to the health of.—v.i. to drink toasts.—n. bread toasted: a slice of such dipped in liquor: the person or thing named whose health is to be drunk.—ns. Toast′er one who or that which toasts; Toast′ing-fork -ī′ron a long-handled fork for toasting bread: a sword; Toast′-mas′ter the master and announcer of toasts at public dinners; Toast′-rack a stand with partitions for slices of toast for setting on the table.

Editor: Ryan