'Toast' definitions:

Definition of 'toast'

From: WordNet
noun
Slices of bread that have been toasted
noun
A celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention; "he was the toast of the town"
noun
A person in desperate straits; someone doomed; "I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work"; "one mistake and you're toast" [syn: goner, toast]
noun
A drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event [syn: pledge, toast]
verb
Make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes" [syn: crispen, toast, crisp]
verb
Propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" [syn: toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail]

Definition of 'Toast'

From: GCIDE
  • Toast \Toast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Toasting.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See Torrid.]
  • 1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Toast'

From: GCIDE
  • Toast \Toast\, n. [OF. toste, or tost['e]e, toasted bread. See Toast, v.]
  • 1. Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • My sober evening let the tankard bless, With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught. --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy. [1913 Webster]
  • It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia. --Fielding. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Toast rack, a small rack or stand for a table, having partitions for holding slices of dry toast. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'toast'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Toast, NC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Toast, NC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina
Population (2000) :
1922
Housing Units (2000) :
886
Land area (2000) :
1.779068 sq. miles (4.607766 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.779068 sq. miles (4.607766 sq. km)
FIPS code :
67700
Located within :
North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location :
36.499728 N, 80.633063 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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