roost¹ /roost/

1. A perch or place for a sleeping bird
2. A hen house
3. A sleeping-place
4. A bed
5. A set of fowls resting together
6. A loft or garret or its roof (Scot)

1. To settle or sleep on a roost or perch
2. To perch
3. To go to rest for the night

roostˈer noun

A domestic cock

come home to roost

1. To recoil upon oneself (the chickens have come home to roost one's actions have had unpleasant consequences for oneself)
2. To return to a place (usu after travel) in order to settle down

rule the roost see under roast

roost² /roost/ (Orkney and Shetland)

A tidal race

• hardship
• hardships
• hard shoulder
• hard shoulders
• hard soap
• hard-standing
• hard-standings
• hard stocks
• hard stuff
• hard swearing
• hardtack
• hardtacks
• megafarad
• megafarads
• megafauna
• megafaunae
• megafaunas
• megaflop
• megaflops
• megaflora
• megaflorae
• megafloras
• megafog
• megafogs
• megagamete