roost

Meaning

Noun

1. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
2. A group of birds roosting together.
3. A bedroom.
4. The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.

Verb

1. To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
2. To spend the night.

Verb

Alternative form of roust

Synonyms

perch

rest

nest

sit

🪑

alight

hen house

sleep

😴

slumber

hen-house

sleep or rest in a roost

steady down

hennery

hen-roost

aerie

temporary accommodations

catnap

drowse

henhouse

incubate

nesting place

settle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹuːst/

Etymology

From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan.
Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).

Sentences

Curses , like chickens come home to roost .