Food / A1

TOHST/təʊst/

Toast is bread heated until it is brown and crisp. A slice of toast. The verb toast means make toast, or later “raise a glass”. Roast is meat in the oven. Toaster is the machine.

Meaning

Bread made brown and crisp by heating it.

Examples

• “Would you like some toast?”
• “Two slices of toast, please.”
• “The toast is burning!”

Good to know

a slice of toast. Machine: toaster. Mix-up: roast.

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