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Roost has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

2

a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

3

The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).

4

A tidal race.

Verb
1

sit, as on a branch

"The birds perched high in the tree"

2

settle down or stay, as if on a roost

3

To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest

4

Alternative form of roust

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shelter perch sit settle
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
henroost
Rhyming Words
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