1. Sliced bread browned by radiant heat (from a grill, toaster etc.)
   "He spread butter and jam on his morning toast"
    
2. A drink in honour of or to the health of a person or event
   "They raised their glasses in a toast to the newlyweds";
   - pledge
    
3. A celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention
   "he was the toast of the town"
    
4. [informal] A person in desperate straits; someone doomed
   "one mistake and you're toast";
   - goner [informal]

1. (cooking) make brown and crisp by heating
   "toast bread";
   - crispen, crisp
    
2. Propose a toast to
   "Let us toast the birthday girl!";
   - drink, pledge, salute, wassail [archaic]

Derived forms: toasts, toasted, toasting

Type of: bread, breadstuff, celeb [informal], celebrity, desperate, drink, famous person, fete, fête, heat, heat up, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], reward, staff of life

Encyclopedia: Toast, NC