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The synonyms of “Toast” are: pledge, goner, tribute, salute, salutation, darling, celebrity, favourite, pet, heroine, hero, talk, drink, wassail, crisp, crispen, brown, crisp up, grill, barbecue, bake, singe, sear, warm, warm up, heat, heat up, roast, bring back to life, take the chill off, pay tribute to, drink the health of, drink to the health of, drink to, honour
Toast as a Noun
Definitions of "Toast" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “toast” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention.
- Slices of bread that have been toasted.
- A call to a gathering of people to raise their glasses and drink together in honour of a person or thing, or an instance of drinking in this way.
- A person or thing that is very popular or held in high regard by a particular group of people.
- A drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event.
- Sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat, such as a grill or fire.
- A person in desperate straits; someone doomed.
Synonyms of "Toast" as a noun (12 Words)
celebrity | The state of being well known. He became a sporting celebrity. |
darling | A person who is particularly popular with a certain group. Good night darling. |
favourite | The competitor thought most likely to win a game or contest, especially by people betting on the outcome. You could always fall back on that old favourite the omelette. |
goner | A person or thing that is doomed or cannot be saved. I m a goner if this plan doesn t work. |
hero | The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem. A war hero. |
heroine | A woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds. She was a true feminist heroine. |
pet | A fit of petulance or sulkiness especially at what is felt to be a slight. She is the pet of the family. |
pledge | A promise of a donation to charity. I have no intention of giving you anything that could be held against me as a pledge. |
salutation | (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting. We greeted them but no one returned our salutations. |
salute | A formal military gesture of respect. He raises his arms in a triumphant salute. |
talk | The act of giving a talk to an audience. My mother had a talk with Louis. |
tribute | Payment by one nation for protection by another. A tribute show. |
Usage Examples of "Toast" as a noun
- Stilton and pear toasts.
- She buttered a slice of toast.
- He found himself the toast of the baseball world.
- One mistake and you're toast.
- He raised his glass in a toast to his son.
- He was the toast of the town.
Toast as a Verb
Definitions of "Toast" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “toast” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Warm (oneself or part of one's body) in front of a fire or other source or heat.
- Propose a toast to.
- (of food) cook or become brown by exposure to radiant heat.
- Make brown and crisp by heating.
- Cook or brown (food, especially bread or cheese) by exposure to a grill, fire, or other source of radiant heat.
- Drink to the health or in honour of (someone or something) by raising one's glass together with others.
Synonyms of "Toast" as a verb (25 Words)
bake | Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven. Bake a cake. |
barbecue | Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill. Let s barbecue that meat. |
bring back to life | Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence. |
brown | Make or become brown typically by cooking. A skillet in which food has been browned. |
crisp | Make brown and crisp by heating. Open the foil so that the bread browns and crisps. |
crisp up | Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in. |
crispen | Make brown and crisp by heating. |
drink | Drink excessive amounts of alcohol be an alcoholic. The children like to drink soda. |
drink the health of | Be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to. |
drink to | Take in liquids. |
drink to the health of | Drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic. |
grill | Cook over a grill. My father grilled us about what we had been doing. |
heat | Gain heat or get hot. The pipes expand as they heat up. |
heat up | Arouse or excite feelings and passions. |
honour | Accept as pay. Talented writers were honoured at a special ceremony. |
pay tribute to | Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow. |
pledge | Bind or secure by a pledge. I was pledged to silence. |
roast | Of food be cooked by roasting. The fire was hot enough to roast anyone who stood close to it. |
salute | Make a formal salute to. We salute a truly great photographer. |
sear | Fry (food) quickly at a high temperature so that it will retain its juices in subsequent cooking. Sear the chicken livers in a pan for a few minutes on each side. |
singe | Burn (something) superficially or lightly. The fire had singed his eyebrows. |
take the chill off | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract. |
warm | Make or become warm. I ll warm your bum if you don t come here this instant. |
warm up | Get warm or warmer. |
wassail | Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities. It is the custom in the cider districts of Sussex to wassail the apple trees. |
Usage Examples of "Toast" as a verb
- Happy families toasting each other's health.
- We were spread out on the grass toasting ourselves one hot day.
- Tim was toasting his feet by the fire.
- He is toasted by the trade as the outstanding dealer in children's books.
- Place under a hot grill until the nuts have toasted.
- Toast bread.
- He sat by the fire and toasted a piece of bread.
- Let us toast the birthday girl!
Associations of "Toast" (30 Words)
bacon | English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292. Crisp rashers of bacon. |
bake | A social gathering at which baked food of a specified kind is eaten. Bake the potatoes. |
baked | (of food) cooked by dry heat in an oven. Land lying baked in the heat. |
batter | Strike repeatedly with hard blows. The loss of his baby turned him into a domineering bully who battered his partner. |
bread | Coat food with breadcrumbs before cooking. A bread roll. |
breakfast | Provide breakfast for. She breakfasted on fried bread and bacon. |
burnt | Treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point. Burnt sienna. |
butter | Spread butter on. Butter bread. |
cake | A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax. A mouthful of cake. |
chip | A tiny wafer of semiconducting material used to make an integrated circuit a microchip. Her tooth chipped. |
cooked | (of food or a meal) prepared by heating. A cooked breakfast. |
cookie | A sweet biscuit having a fairly soft, chewy texture and typically containing pieces of chocolate or fruit. She s a tough cookie. |
crisp | Make brown and crisp by heating. There is a cooling breeze which crisps the broad clear river. |
crispy | Tender and brittle. Crispy fried bacon. |
fried | Under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Ronnie broke out a bottle of Scotch we all got pretty fried. |
fritter | Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables. I wish we hadn t frittered the money away so easily. |
fry | A social gathering where fried food is served. With the sea and sun and wind you ll fry if you don t take care. |
grill | A dish of grilled food especially meat. Grill the trout for five minutes. |
ham | (Old Testament) son of Noah. He squatted down on his hams. |
jam | A hold obtained by jamming a part of the body such as a hand or foot into a crack in the rock. An ultra catchy jam driven by the drums but given substance by the interjection of horns. |
oven | Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting. Bake the dish in a preheated oven. |
pancake | With reference to an aircraft make or cause to make a pancake landing. Hurley s car was pancaked. |
recipe | A medical prescription. It would be useless to enumerate all the drugs and recipes for their application which have been tried. |
sandwich | Something that is constructed like or has the form of a sandwich. A ham sandwich. |
sauce | Provide a sauce for something season with a sauce. Tomato sauce. |
sausage | An object shaped like a sausage. Silly sausage he teased. |
saute | A dish of sauteed food. Saute the onions. |
smoked | (of food, especially meat or fish) cured or preserved by exposure to smoke. They were hidden behind the smoked glass of their limos. |
toaster | A DJ who accompanies reggae with improvised rhythmic speech. |
waffle | Pancake batter baked in a waffle iron. He waffled on about his problems. |