What is the meaning of roost?

noun

  • A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds.
  • A perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep.

verb

  • Sit, as on a branch.
    • usage: "The birds perched high in the tree"
  • Settle down or stay, as if on a roost. .
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