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# toast

«toast» in Mova's school dictionary: **bread whose sides have been made brown and crisp by heating** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (toast — uncountable; a toast, toasts — when drinking); verb (toast, toasts, toasted, toasting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Toast is bread whose sides have been made brown and crisp by heating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#m1)

2) To toast bread or other food is to brown it with heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#m2)

3) A toast is when people lift their glasses and drink to wish someone happiness or success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#m3)

4) To toast someone is to raise glasses and drink to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#m4)

5) To toast yourself is to warm yourself by a fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life toast is a common breakfast in the USA, UK, Australia and elsewhere (with butter, jam, Vegemite or Marmite). In science, toasting is a chemical change: the bread browns and cannot become untoasted. In safety, never put a knife or fork in a toaster while it is plugged in. At weddings and birthdays adults make toasts. Phrases: «a slice of toast», «beans on toast», «make a toast», «toast to», «warm as toast».

### examples

- I had two slices of toast for breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x1)
- Dad toasted the bread under the grill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x2)
- Beans on toast is a quick dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x3)
- Never put a knife in the toaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x4)
- Everyone raised a glass and made a toast to Grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x5)
- We toasted marshmallows over the campfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x6)
- Toasting bread is a change you cannot reverse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x7)
- We sat by the fire, warm as toast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x8)
- Babette clinked glasses with Rudy, and he returned thanks for the toast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/#x9)

### note

Toast (bread) is uncountable: «some toast», «a slice/piece of toast», not «a toast». «A toast» means the drinking wish. «Toasted» is the adjective for food. Informal «you're toast» means you are in big trouble.

### In the corpora

- [The slice of toast on your plate started as a grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread/0/)
- [The front-door bell clangs, and in bursts the Otter, hugging the Rat so hard he splutters through his buttered toast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/0/)
- [Why did he drag poor Ratty here, when he could be toasting his toes at home?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers/1/)
- [Toast turns brown because sugars and proteins react into new substances; burnt toast is black because it has partly turned into carbon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/9-changes-you-can-and-cannot-undo/11/)
- [If toast starts smoking, press the cancel lever and unplug the toaster.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «toast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.