Definition of Roost

where animals gather at night to sleep or rest, similar to nesting

Examples of Roost in a sentence

The bats roost in the dark corner of an abandoned barn.  🔊

The pelican settled in to roost on top of the lifeguard stand.  🔊

Hundreds of blackbirds congregated to roost in a large oak tree.  🔊

A family of bats hang upside down from their roost in the attic.  🔊

The farmer built a roost piled with soft blankets for his chickens to sleep in at night.  🔊

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