roost
IPA: rˈust
noun
- The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
- A group of birds roosting together.
- A bedroom.
- (Scotland) The inner roof of a cottage.
- (Shetland and Orkney) A tidal race.
verb
- (intransitive, of birds or bats) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
- (figurative) To spend the night.
- Alternative form of roust [(transitive) to rout out of bed; to rouse]
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Examples of "roost" in Sentences
- I found a roost on the tree.
- The chickens have come home to roost.
- They roost communally, usually nocturnally.
- After the pups are weaned females leave the maternity roost.
- The preferred amount of canopy cover at the roost is unclear.
- The site is a hibernation roost for the Greater Horseshoe bat.
- It can be a cacophony of noise around a large roosting colony.
- Their roost also contaminate the ground below by the droppings.
- The bats then take the fish to a feeding roost and consume the animal.
- In most species, the roost will become the nest during the breeding season.