Meaning & use
Roost
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A place, such as a perch or branch, where birds regularly settle to rest or sleep.
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The chickens returned to their roost as the sun went down.
Bats found a roost in the abandoned barn's rafters.
A note on using this word
The idiom "rule the roost" means to be the dominant figure in a household or group, drawing on the image of the top hen controlling the henhouse.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To settle down to rest or sleep, as a bird does on a perch.
The hens roost in the coop every evening at dusk.
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