toast

Bread heated until its surface is brown and crisp.

• I like toast with butter.
• She burned the toast this morning.
• Would you like eggs on toast?

Common phrases: buttered toast, slice of toast, toast with jam

Words spoken while raising a drink to honor someone or celebrate something.

• We raised a toast to Dad.
• She proposed a toast to their future.
• Everyone stood for the wedding toast.

How to use it: a toast to someone/something (We drank a toast to the new baby.)

Similar words: salute

Common phrases: a toast to someone, raise a toast, propose a toast, make a toast

A person, group, or thing that many people praise and admire.

• She became the toast of the town.
• The young singer was the toast of Paris.
• Their team is now the toast of the sporting world.

How to use it: the toast of somewhere/something (The actor became the toast of the city.)

Similar words: darling, favorite

Common phrases: toast of the town, toast of society, toast of london

To heat food until its surface becomes brown and often crisp.

• Toast the bread lightly.
• I toasted some nuts in a pan.
• How long should we toast these seeds?

Similar words: brown

Common phrases: toast bread, toast the nuts, toast some seeds

To raise your drink and express good wishes for someone or something.

• We toasted the winners.
• They toasted their anniversary with champagne.
• Everyone stood to toast the happy couple.

How to use it: toast someone/something (We toasted their success.); toast someone/something with something (They toasted the bride with wine.)

Similar words: salute

Common phrases: toast the couple, toast someone with champagne, toast our success

To make a part of your body pleasantly warm near a source of heat.

• I toasted my feet by the fire.
• She sat near the stove to toast her hands.
• We toasted our cold toes beside the hearth.

How to use it: toast something by something (He toasted his feet by the stove.)

Similar words: warm

Common phrases: toast your feet, toast your hands, toast by the fire