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toast¹
- /təʊst/ UK
- /toʊst/ US
- /təʉst/ Australia
Rhymes with -əʊst
Where it comes from
Etymology 1 sense 3 is according to the Oxford English Dictionary a figurative application of etymology 1 sense 1 dating to 1674. It began as an epithet for a lady being supposed to flavour a bumper like a spiced toast placed in that drink. (In this context, a bumper is a drinking vessel filled to the brim.)
noun toasts · tost
- Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning). I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
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A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
Similar: pledge
- A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem. He was the toast of high society.
- Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or fire; something which has been burnt to a crisp or incinerated. The metal frame survived the fire, but the plastic and rubber bits are toast.
- Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury. to become/be toast
- A type of extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
- An old toast ("a lively fellow who drinks excessively").
- A transient, informational pop-up overlay, less interactive than a snackbar. With the new Windows Push Notification Service, you can remotely send notifications from a cloud-based web service. In Windows 8, the majority of the Toast messages are standard duration toasts.
- A piece of toast. Go, fetch me a quart of Sacke, put a toſt in't.
toast²
- /təʊst/ UK
- /toʊst/ US
- /təʉst/ Australia
Rhymes with -əʊst
Where it comes from
From Middle English tosten, from Old French toster (“to roast, grill”), from Late Latin tostō, -āre, frequentative of torreō (“to burn, grill”) from its perfect passive participle tostus (“grilled, burnt”).
verb toasts · toasting · toasted · tost
- To cook lightly by browning by means of direct exposure to a fire or other heat source. We used to enjoy toasting marshmallows around the campfire.
- To cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill. Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
- To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something. We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.
- To warm thoroughly. I toasted my feet by the fire.
- To perform an extemporaneous narrative poem or rap. Toasting over a record does more than change the way that record is perceived by the audience: it creates a new piece of music with joint creative authorship, although the law does not support this characterization.
TOAST³
proper noun
- Initialism of The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique: a mechanism in PostgreSQL that allows rows of data to exceed the normal maximum size by splitting off part of the data into an auxiliary table.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: drink, crisp, salute, pledge, loaf, bread, cupcake, baked, sandwich, grilled, bun, muffin, roast, cooked, fry, broiler
Translations
Every language
noun toasted bread
| Español | pan tostado, tostada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 토스트 toseuteu |
| 日本語 | トースト tōsuto |
| 中文 | 烤麵包 /烤面包 kǎomiànbāo, 吐司 tǔsī, 多士 duōshì, 烤吐司 kǎotǔsī |
| Português | torrada |
| Français | pain grillé, toast, rôtie |
| Deutsch | Toast, Röstbrot, Toastbrot |
| Italiano | pane tostato, toast, crostino |
| Ελληνικά | φρυγανιά fryganiá |
| Русский | грено́к grenók, гре́нка grénka, тост tost |
| Tiếng Việt | bánh mì nướng |
| עברית | טוסט tost, קלי qalí |
noun salutation while drinking alcohol
| Español | brindis |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 축배 chukbae |
| 日本語 | 祝杯 shukuhai |
| 中文 | 敬酒 jìngjiǔ, 祝酒 zhùjiǔ |
| Português | brinde |
| Français | toast |
| Deutsch | Trinkspruch, Toast, Tischrede |
| Italiano | brindisi |
| Русский | тост tost, здра́вица zdrávica |
| עברית | הרמת כוסית haramát kosít, לחיים lekháyim |
verb to lightly cook by browning over fire
| Español | tostar, torrar, turrar |
|---|---|
| Português | tostar, torrar |
| Français | griller |
| Русский | поджа́ривать podžárivatʹ, поджа́рить podžáritʹ |
verb to lightly cook in a kitchen appliance
| Español | tostar, torrar, turrar |
|---|---|
| Português | tostar, torrar |
| Français | griller |
| Deutsch | toasten, rösten |
| Italiano | tostare |
verb to engage in a salutation
| Español | brindar por, brindar, hacer un brindis |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 乾杯 kanpai |
| Português | brindar |
| Français | porter un toast, trinquer |
| Deutsch | toasten, anstoßen, auf jemandes Wohl trinken |
Talk about this word "toast." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/toast. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. toast. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/toast "toast." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/toast.Cite this
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title = {toast},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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