- a place where birds sleepTopics Birdsc2Word OriginOld English hrōst, related to Dutch roest; of unknown ultimate origin.
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Idioms
See roost in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryrule the roost
- (informal) to be the most powerful member of a group
- Liverpool ruled the roost in English football for a decade.
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