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

Concepts

roost

perch

rest

nest

sit

sleep

hen house

alight

sleep or rest in a roost

incubate

nesting place

aerie

temporary accommodations

hen-house

hen-roost

henhouse

hennery

settle

steady down

catnap

drowse

slumber

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”).