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- [tohst]
- /toʊst/
- /təʊst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tohst]
- /toʊst/
Definitions of toasted word
- noun toasted a salutation or a few words of congratulation, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc. 1
- noun toasted a person, event, sentiment, or the like, in honor of whom another or others raise their glasses in salutation and then drink. 1
- noun toasted an act or instance of thus drinking: They drank a toast to the queen. 1
- noun toasted a call on another or others to drink to some person or thing. 1
- noun toasted a person who is celebrated as with the spirited homage of a toast: She was the toast of five continents. 1
- verb with object toasted 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 toasted
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 Toasted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
toasted 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".
toasted usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for toasted
adj toasted
- heated — made hot or hotter; warmed.
verb toasted
- calcined — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- wassailed — Simple past tense and past participle of wassail.
adjective toasted
noun toasted
- drank — a simple past tense and past participle of drink.
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