[ruːst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a place where birds regularly settle or congregate to rest at night, or where bats congregate to rest in the day
(e.g: birds were hurrying to their evening roosts)


Phrases:
- come home to roost

Origin:
Old English hrōst, related to Dutch roest; of unknown ultimate origin

[ruːst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a bird or bat) settle or congregate for rest or sleep
(e.g: migrating martins and swallows were settling to roost)


Phrases:
- come home to roost

Origin:
Old English hrōst, related to Dutch roest; of unknown ultimate origin

[ruːst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in Orkney and Shetland) a tidal race


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from Old Norse rǫst