How to pronounce“roost”in English
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Definitions of “roost”
The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
“He clapp'd his wings upon his roost.”
A group of birds roosting together.
“a roost of birds is merely a fortuitous aggregation of individuals that have strategically placed their roost site to minimize distance to their supplemental and main food sources”
To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
To spend the night.
“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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