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{
"term": "toast",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "slices of bread that have been made brown and dry by heating them on both sides in a toaster or under a grill",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "cheese on toast"
},
{
"text": "a piece of toast"
},
{
"text": "two **slices/rounds of toast**"
},
{
"text": "I can smell burned toast."
},
{
"text": "I'm making toast for breakfast."
},
{
"text": "buttered toast"
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["brown", "white", "wholemeal"],
"… of toast": ["piece", "round", "slice"],
"verb + toast": ["make", "butter", "spread"],
"preposition": ["on toast"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of a group of people wishing somebody happiness, success, etc. by drinking a glass of something at the same time",
"sensetop": "toast (to somebody/something)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'd like to **propose a toast** to the bride and groom."
},
{
"text": "He raised his glass as if to make a toast."
}
],
"topics": ["Success", "Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["champagne"],
"verb + toast": ["make", "propose", "raise"],
"preposition": ["toast to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a person who is praised by a lot of people in a particular place because of something that they have done well",
"sensetop": "the toast of…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The performance made her the toast of the festival."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be likely to die or be destroyed; to be in serious trouble",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "One mistake and you're toast."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to wish somebody good luck, health or success as you lift your glass and then drink from it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let's all drink a toast to the bride and groom."
},
{
"text": "We drank a toast to the company and its future success."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/təʊst/",
"audio": "to/toast/toast__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/təʊst/",
"audio": "to/toast/toast__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘burn as the sun does, parch’): from Old French toster ‘roast’, from Latin torrere ‘parch’. The practice of drinking a toast goes back to the late 17th cent., and originated in naming a lady whose health the company was requested to drink, the idea being that the lady's name flavoured the drink like the pieces of spiced toast that were formerly placed in drinks such as wine."
}