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- [tohst]
- /toʊst/
- /təʊst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tohst]
- /toʊst/
Definitions of toast word
- noun toast a salutation or a few words of congratulation, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc. 1
- noun toast a person, event, sentiment, or the like, in honor of whom another or others raise their glasses in salutation and then drink. 1
- noun toast an act or instance of thus drinking: They drank a toast to the queen. 1
- noun toast a call on another or others to drink to some person or thing. 1
- noun toast a person who is celebrated as with the spirited homage of a toast: She was the toast of five continents. 1
- verb with object toast to drink to the health of or in honor of; propose a toast to or in honor of. 1
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Origin of toast
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; (v.) Middle English to(o)sten < Middle French toster < Vulgar Latin *tostāre, derivative of Latin tostus (< *torstos), past participle of torrēre to parch, roast, from a base *tors-, akin to Gothic thaursus, Old Norse thurr dry; (noun) late Middle English to(o)ste, derivative of the v.; see torrid, thirst
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Parts of speech for Toast
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
toast popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
toast usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for toast
noun toast
- ave — the salutation “ave.”.
- aves — the class of vertebrates comprising the birds
- dead duck — If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding.
- dead meat — If you say that someone is dead meat, you mean that they are in very serious trouble that may result in them being hurt or injured in some way.
- drink — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
adj toast
- bayer — reddish brown.
- bayest — reddish brown.
- bister — a yellowish-brown to dark-brown pigment made from the soot of burned wood
- bricker — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- brown — Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
verb toast
- boozing — any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
- braise — When you braise meat or a vegetable, you fry it quickly and then cook it slowly in a covered dish with a small amount of liquid.
- browning — a substance used to darken soups, gravies, etc
- burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
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