Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tost

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: tost
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of toss.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete spelling of toast.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"How then ſhould I without another wit : thinck euer to endure ſo tædious toyle, ſins that this one is toſt with troublous fit,"
"A wanderer, here by fortune tost, / My way, my friends, my courser lost, / I ne'er before, believe me, fair, / Have ever drawn your mountain air, / Till on this lake's romantic strand, / I found a fay in fairy land."
"Go, fetch me a quart of Sacke, put a toſt in't."

Usage

Inflected Forms

tosts (plural)

Derived Forms

stormtost

Phrases

tempest-tost

Questions

What does tost mean?: simple past and past participle of toss.

How to pronounce tost

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