Definitions
settle down or stay, as if on a roost
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“He clapp'd his wings upon his roost.”
“The UPS package centre for central London, a brief walk from Kentish Town tube station, holds a below-ground bay in which 170 vans roost every night.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Bird resting place”5 letters
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