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What is the noun for roosting?

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rooster
  1. (US, Kent, Australia, New Zealand) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
  2. A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
  3. (figuratively, obsolete slang) An informer.
  4. (figuratively, obsolete slang) A violent or disorderly person.
  5. (figuratively) A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
  6. (figuratively, originally US slang, now chiefly New Zealand) A man.
  7. (obsolete US slang) Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “The rooster strutted around the room, confident in his achievements and expecting praise.”
      “The morning greeted us with an early sun rise, the village rooster crowing and the swish of a broom sweeping the sand court yard outside.”
      “In both traditions the white rooster, which crows at dawn to dispel the darkness of night, is highly esteemed.”
roost
  1. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
  2. A group of birds roosting together.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “It is largely nocturnal, roosting during the day, moving off to feeding grounds around dusk, and returning to its roost at dawn.”
      “Bubba had arrived in the tower shortly afterwards, and had used it as his roost ever since.”
roosterness
  1. The quality of being a rooster, or having characteristics typical of a rooster; cockiness.
roosting
  1. The place or period where a creature roosts.
roost
  1. (Shetland and Orkney) A tidal race.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It is largely nocturnal, roosting during the day, moving off to feeding grounds around dusk, and returning to its roost at dawn.”
      “Bubba had arrived in the tower shortly afterwards, and had used it as his roost ever since.”
roostings
  1. plural of roosting
roosters
  1. plural of rooster
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The sun's light stretched across he sleepy town, causing a few roosters to crow.”
      “At the ranch the roosters started crowing at 4am just a few feet from my head, shocking me to consciousness.”
      “Some have suggested that hens cackle to announce to roosters their renewed receptivity to mating.”
roosts
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