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