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Toast (bread)Pronunciation
Etymology
Old French toster (to roast, to grill) < Latin tostus (grilled, burnt, from verb torrere (to burn, to grill))
The salutation originally referred to the beautiful or popular woman whose health was proposed and drunk, from the use of spiced toast to flavor drink, regarding her as figuratively adding piquancy to the wine in which her health was drunk
Noun
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Singular toast |
Plural uncountable |
toast (uncountable)
- Toasted bread.
- I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
- All toasters toast toast.
- A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
- At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
- (slang) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
- If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!
- (Jamaican and U.S. black slang) extemporaneous narrative poem or rap
Derived terms
Related terms
- (salutation) propose a toast
- (food) toaster
Verb
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Infinitive to toast |
Third person singular toasts |
Simple past toasted |
Past participle toasted |
Present participle toasting |
to toast (third-person singular simple present toasts, present participle toasting, simple past and past participle toasted)
- To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
- We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.
- To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster
- Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
- To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.
- We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.
Translations
to lightly cook by browning over fire
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References
- “toast” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
Anagrams
French
Noun
toast m. (plural toasts)
Italian
Etymology
English
Noun
toast m. inv.
Polish
Etymology
From English toast
Noun
toast m.
- toast (a proposed salutation while drinking alcohol)
Declension
declension of toast| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | toast | toasty |
| genitive | toastu | toastów |
| dative | toastowi | toastom |
| accusative | toast | toasty |
| instrumental | toastem | toastami |
| locative | toaście | toastach |
| vocative | toaście | toasty |
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