n.
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 a : sliced bread browned on both sides by heat b : food prepared with toasted bread
2 [from the use of pieces of spiced toast to flavor drinks] a (1) : a person whose health is drunk (2) : something in honor of which persons usually drink b : one that is highly admired <she's the toast of society>
3 [ 3 toast ] : an act of proposing or of drinking in honor of a toast
4 : a rhyming narrative poem existing in oral tradition among black Americans
5 slang : one that is finished or done for <soon their relationship was toast ― Rick Reilly>