toast

[ US /ˈtoʊst/ ]
[ UK /tˈə‍ʊst/ ]
VERB
  1. make brown and crisp by heating
    crisp potatoes
    toast bread
  2. propose a toast to
    Let us toast the birthday girl!
    Let's drink to the New Year
NOUN
  1. slices of bread that have been toasted
  2. a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention
    he was the toast of the town
  3. a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
    I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work
    one mistake and you're toast
  4. 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.
  • 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.
  • Add the toasted almond slivers and mix well before turning into the pastry case. Times, Sunday Times
  • 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 
  • From blenders and toasters to refrigerators and professional-style oven ranges, stainless steel products are easy to coordinate with each other and lend a modern edge to a kitchen.
  • There were toast crumbs in the butter, so I’ve already come up with a dozen ways to kill you; the marmite is just another mitigating circumstance when it comes to trial. …things that niggle. « Sven’s guide to…
  • The author went from from a condemning avengeful God to a milch toast, permissive parent who forgives all offenses AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
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