toast
313
2.8
- noun
- /toʊst/
:
brindis
- Would you gentlemen care to drink a toast with us to the Cardinal?
- make a toast
- propose a toast
- a toast at dinner
So these, these belabored toasts, the grandstanding, the pile of honors, it's a problem.
- So these, these belabored toasts, the grandstanding, the pile of honors, it's a problem.
- So other people's days, watching other people get the birthday cake and the presents and the attention and the toast, it's just almost too much for them.
Examples
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May I propose a toast to the API community?
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Zip stands up and thanks everyone for being there, and proposes a toast to Flora's parents.
Fiction book (1994) -
I want to make the toast this year.
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A toast to our main course this evening.
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Will you join me in a good luck toast before you head out?
Fiction book (1994) -
Before anyone else does, I wanna make a toast.
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Ladies and gentleman, please join me in a toast to our new recruit.
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Ladies and gentlemen, since it's most unlikely... that we'll ever have the pleasure of meeting again socially... I'd like to propose a toast.
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After landing, you'll partake in a celebration with a traditional champagne toast to a safe and memorable adventure.
Academic text (2000) -
Please raise your glass for a toast to our health and happiness.
Synonyms
7
7.5
A drink that people share to celebrate or honor someone
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
1
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
How Celebratory
430
1.0
313
2.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Toast for a drink comes from an old custom where people put a piece of toasted bread into wine to give it flavor and to honor someone. So when you make a toast you raise a glass to wish someone well.