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1. Cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
   "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread";
   - browning

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: toastings

Type of: cookery, cooking, fete, fête, heat, heat up, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], preparation, reward

Encyclopedia: Toasting