"toast" meaning in English

See toast in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /təʊst/ [UK], /toʊst/ [US] Audio: en-us-toast.ogg [US] Forms: toast [singular], toasts [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Toast bread that is put into a toaster oven and toasted.
    Sense id: simple-toast-en-noun-UcYwqUE7
  2. A toast is used to celebrate something. Synonyms: salutation
    Sense id: simple-toast-en-noun-hYPk6vGw

Verb

IPA: /təʊst/ [UK], /toʊst/ [US] Audio: en-us-toast.ogg [US] Forms: toast [canonical], toasts [third-person, singular], toasted [past], toasted [past, participle], toasting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you toast something, you lightly cook it over a fire or other source of heat; you brown it.
    Sense id: simple-toast-en-verb-MIkRC4B0
  2. If you toast someone or something, you make a salutation, usually through the raising and knocking together of glasses.
    Sense id: simple-toast-en-verb-LTic59MN
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