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roost1

Syllabification: (roost)

Pronunciation: /ro͞ost/

Definition of roost

a place where birds regularly settle or congregate to rest at night, or where bats congregate to rest in the day.

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(of a bird or bat) settle or congregate for rest or sleep:migrating martins and swallows were settling to roost

Phrases

come home to roost: (of an action, scheme, etc.) recoil unfavorably upon the originator:ensuring that the liability does not come home to roost
rule the roost: see rule.

Old English hrōst, related to Dutch roest; of unknown ultimate origin

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