[
US
/ˈtoʊst/
]
[ UK /tˈəʊst/ ]
[ UK /tˈəʊst/ ]
VERB
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make brown and crisp by heating
crisp potatoes
toast bread -
propose a toast to
Let us toast the birthday girl!
Let's drink to the New Year
NOUN
- slices of bread that have been toasted
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a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention
he was the toast of the town -
a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work
one mistake and you're toast - a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
How To Use toast In A Sentence
- So, he got out his bread knife and trimmed the quarter-loaf down to a couple of slices of dry toast.
- Add the toasted almond slivers and mix well before turning into the pastry case. Times, Sunday Times
- Usually I can cajole him into cereal, toast or a banana, but this morning - nothing.
- Superannuated anchorman Dan Rather plays the toast.
- After a quarter of an hour, hot buttered toast on a covered hot water plate, with the Staffordshire cottage tea pot in its floral cosy, arrived.
- The couple beside us were toasting the fact of just being alive on so blissful a night.
- Still, we mellow out round the fire, toasting marshmallows and muttering into the gloom.
- Toast sandwiches in a dry skillet over medium-low heat until outside is golden brown and inside is delightfully melty, about 3 minutes per side.
- Mustard, salt, picholine olives and super-thin rye toasts give the house-cured gravlax just the right accents. SFGate: Top News Stories
- I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio. Rodney Dangerfield
