Usually means: Perch where birds rest, sleep.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word roost:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. roost: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. roost: Merriam-Webster
  3. roost, roost: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. roost: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. roost, the Roost: Collins English Dictionary
  6. roost: Vocabulary.com
  7. Roost, roost: Wordnik
  8. roost: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. roost: Wiktionary
  10. roost: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. roost: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. roost: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Roost, roost: Dictionary.com
  14. roost: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. roost: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Roost, The Roost (Washington), The Roost: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Roost: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. roost: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. roost: Rhymezone
  20. roost: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. roost: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Roost, Roost: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. roost: FreeDictionary.org
  24. roost: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. roost: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roost: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ROOST: Acronym Finder
  2. roost: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. roost, roost: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Roost, roost: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Mountain Bike Slang (No longer online)

(Note: See roosted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
noun:  A group of birds roosting together.
noun:  A bedroom.
noun:  (Scotland) The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.
noun:  (Australian rules football) A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance.
verb:  (intransitive, of birds or bats) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
verb:  (figurative) To spend the night.
verb:  (transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) a long distance.
noun:  (Shetland and Orkney) A tidal race.
verb:  Alternative form of roust [(transitive) to rout out of bed; to rouse]

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