toast

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /təʊst/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /toʊst/

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Noun

Singular toast

Plural toasts

Two pieces of toast in a toaster.

1. (uncountable) Toast bread that is put into a toaster oven and toasted.

   I had toast for breakfast.

2. (countable) A toast is used to celebrate something.
   • Synonym: salutation

   Let's have a toast to our future.

Related words

• toaster oven
• toasty

Verb

Plain form toast

Third-person singular toasts

Past tense toasted

Past participle toasted

Present participle toasting

1. If you toast something, you lightly cook it over a fire or other source of heat; you brown it.

   I toasted some bread for breakfast.

2. If you toast someone or something, you make a salutation, usually through the raising and knocking together of glasses.

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