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# toast

noun (toast — uncountable; a toast, toasts — when drinking); verb (toast, toasts, toasted, toasting)

«toast» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Toast is bread whose sides have been made brown and crisp by heating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#m1)
2. To toast bread or other food is to brown it with heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#m2)
3. A toast is when people lift their glasses and drink to wish someone happiness or success. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#m3)
4. To toast someone is to raise glasses and drink to them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#m4)
5. To toast yourself is to warm yourself by a fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life toast is a common breakfast in the USA, UK, Australia and elsewhere (with butter, jam, Vegemite or Marmite). In science, toasting is a chemical change: the bread browns and cannot become untoasted. In safety, never put a knife or fork in a toaster while it is plugged in. At weddings and birthdays adults make toasts. Phrases: «a slice of toast», «beans on toast», «make a toast», «toast to», «warm as toast».

### Examples

- I had two slices of toast for breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x1)
- Dad toasted the bread under the grill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x2)
- Beans on toast is a quick dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x3)
- Never put a knife in the toaster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x4)
- Everyone raised a glass and made a toast to Grandma. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x5)
- We toasted marshmallows over the campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x6)
- Toasting bread is a change you cannot reverse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x7)
- We sat by the fire, warm as toast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x8)
- Babette clinked glasses with Rudy, and he returned thanks for the toast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x9)

### Note

Toast (bread) is uncountable: «some toast», «a slice/piece of toast», not «a toast». «A toast» means the drinking wish. «Toasted» is the adjective for food. Informal «you're toast» means you are in big trouble.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «toast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«toast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/toast.html) on Mova free.