toast

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention

   I was the toast of the town after I scored the winning goal.

2. 2
   verb

   make brown and crisp by heating

   toast bread

3. 3
   verb

   propose a toast to

   Let us toast the birthday girl!

4. 4
   noun

   Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).

   I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.

5. 5
   noun

   A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

   At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.

6. 6
   noun

   A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.

   He was the toast of high society.

7. 7
   noun

   Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or fire; something which has been burnt to a crisp or incinerated.

   The metal frame survived the fire, but the plastic and rubber bits are toast.

8. 8
   noun

   Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.

   to become/be toast

Etymology

From Middle English tosten, from Old French toster (“to roast, grill”), from Latin tostus (“grilled, burnt”), from verb torreō (“to burn, grill”).