TOAST


Meaning of TOAST in English

I.

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 ~, please.

VERB + TOAST

▪ make

I'm making ~ for breakfast.

▪ butter , spread

buttered ~

She ate two slices of ~ spread with honey.

▪ burn

I can smell burned ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ on ~

For lunch we had cheese on ~. ( BrE )

2 drink

ADJECTIVE

▪ champagne

VERB + TOAST

▪ make , propose , raise ( AmE )

He raised his glass as if to make a ~.

▪ drink

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ to

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

II.

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 ~ed his victory with champagne.

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .