toast

toast
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noun
1 bread
ADJECTIVE
brown (esp. BrE), white, wholemeal (BrE), wholewheat (AmE)
dry
burned
buttered
cinnamon, French, Melba, etc.
… OF TOAST
piece, round (BrE), slice

We'll have another round of toast, please.

VERB + TOAST
make

I'm making toast for breakfast.

butter, spread

buttered toast

She ate two slices of toast spread with honey.

burn

I can smell burned toast.

PREPOSITION
on toast

For lunch we had cheese on toast. (BrE)

2 drink
ADJECTIVE
champagne
VERB + TOAST
make, propose, raise (AmE)

He raised his glass as if to make a toast.

drink
PREPOSITION
toast to

The bridegroom ended his speech by proposing a toast to the hosts.

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verb
1 make sth brown and crisp by heating it
ADVERB
lightly

Toast the bread lightly on both sides.

2 drink to sb/sth
PREPOSITION
with

We toasted his victory with champagne.

Toast is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bread, ↑bride, ↑bun

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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Synonyms:
(in order to make more palatable, as bread or cheese), / (thoroughly), , (in drinking), / , , , , , (uttered at a convivial meeting)


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