toasts

Noun

toast (countable and uncountable, plural toasts)

1. (uncountable) Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
   • I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
2. (countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
   • At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.

   Synonyms:

   pledge

3. (countable) 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.
4. (US, slang, uncountable) 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.
5. (US, slang, uncountable) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
   • to become/be toast

   Synonyms:

   dead duck, dead meat

6. (Jamaica, countable, slang) A type of extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

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