toast

Topic: COOKING

Date:	1400-1500
Origin:	TOAST²;

Sense: 2

Origin:

from the use of pieces of toast to add to the taste of drink

toast
1 noun

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1 [uncountable]DFC bread that has been heated so that it is brown on both sides and no longer soft:

I had a piece of toast for breakfast.

2 [countable] if you drink a toast to someone, you drink something in order to thank them, wish them luck etc:

I'd like to propose a toast (=ask people to drink a toast) to the bride and groom.

to be very popular and praised by many people for something you have done in a particular field of work

British English very warm and comfortable:

They sat near the fire, warm as toast.

informal to be in trouble because of something you have done:

If you challenge her, you're toast.

Definition of toast from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic COOKING

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