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toast
(t/oU/st )

noun (n)

  • slices of bread that have been toasted(noun.food)
    source: wordnet30
  • a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention(noun.person)
    Example:
    He was the toast of the town.
    source: wordnet30
  • a person in desperate straits; someone doomed(noun.person)
    Example:
    One mistake and you're toast.
    Synonym:
    goner
    source: wordnet30
  • a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event(noun.food)
    Synonym:
    pledge
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • make brown and crisp by heating(verb.change)
    Example:
    Toast bread.
    Synonym:
    crisp, crispen
    source: wordnet30
  • propose a toast to(verb.consumption)
    Example:
    Let us toast the birthday girl!.
    source: wordnet30
  • To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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