English dictionary

toast

/t/oU/st/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

slices of bread that have been toasted

noun.food

Source: WordNet 3.0
a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention

noun.person

Examples
He was the toast of the town.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a person in desperate straits; someone doomed

noun.person

Examples
One mistake and you're toast.

Synonyms goner

Source: WordNet 3.0
a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event

noun.food

Synonyms pledge

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

make brown and crisp by heating

verb.change

Examples
Toast bread.

Synonyms crisp crispen

Source: WordNet 3.0
propose a toast to

verb.consumption

Examples
Let us toast the birthday girl!

Synonyms drink pledge salute wassail

Source: WordNet 3.0
To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to <i>toast</i> bread.

verb

Source: webster1913