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oast

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4
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4
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4
Pronunciation
/əʊst/(UK)

Definition of oast

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (British)A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.

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Etymology

From Middle English ost, from Old English āst (“a kiln”), from Proto-Germanic *aistaz (“kiln”), from *aisǭ (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn; fire”). Cognate with Dutch eest (“kiln”), Middle Low German eiste (“kiln”), Latin aedes (“house; hearth”), Old English ād (“fire; funeral pyre”).

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