toast
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- noun
- /toʊst/
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tostada
- I'd like to make some toast.
- buttered toast
- jam on the toast
I have gluten free toast with eggs.
- I have gluten free toast with eggs.
- And there's always toast, you know, toast and marmalade and.
- Looks like we've gone with some toast with like, salmon on it.
- Don't hit the piss beans on toast because I could do my own.
Examples
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Enter a smiling and healthy Rose with orange juice, toast, cups, and coffee on a tray.
Fiction book (1991) -
Poached eggs on toast, spinach, and a baked apple.
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I love breakfast and I love having toast and this looks so good.
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My mother had a Series 10 that kept burning all the toast.
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I'm going for a whole wheat toast today with cream cheese.
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I offered him juice, toast, and a banana, and he ate with a good appetite.
Fiction book (1990) -
We've all got beans and cheese on toast today for lunch.
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I hadn't had a proper meal all day, just some toast with Mr. Contreras's foul coffee.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sitting at her rickety table, we ate TV dinners or boiled eggs and toast and told each other stories.
Academic text (2009) -
I enjoy a slice of toast with my breakfast each morning.
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
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5.8
A term for small things people buy that are not necessary and blamed for bigger money problems
- Formal
A short speech while people raise glasses to celebrate being free or a new start
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Etymology
Toast for browned bread comes from the old Latin tostare 'to roast', the same idea as toaster and roast. So toast is bread browned by heat until it is crisp.