Bread, generally sliced and then grilled or cooked in a toaster until crisp on the outside. In the United Kingdom toast is eaten with butter and marmalade for breakfast, or with soup or with various accompaniments, famously baked beans. Many hotels think it a good idea, for what reason I cannot imagine, to wrap their toast in a cloth in a basket, presumably to keep it warm. All it achieves is to make it soggy as the steam is absorbed back into the toast instead of escaping. Toast should be served in a toast rack, allowing air to circulate freely around each slice, and keeping it crisp.