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oast

oast

1 9.9
A building with a cone roof where farmers dry hops for making beer
  • noun
  • /oʊst/
  • UK
: horno de secado
  • The old farm still has its original oast where hops were once dried for brewing.

Examples

  • Tourists visited the restored oast to learn about traditional beer production.

  • The distinctive cone-shaped roof of the oast is common in Kent.

  • The oast was filled with freshly harvested hops.

  • Do you know how an oast works?

  • The old farm still has its original oast where hops were once dried for brewing.

  • Tourists visited the restored oast to learn about traditional beer production.

  • The distinctive cone-shaped roof of the oast is common in Kent.

Synonyms

oast house
vsoast
  • UK
9.9

A building with a cone-shaped roof where they dry hops for beer

is the kiln or machine that does the drying inside the building

Compounds

oast house
  • UK
9.9

A building with a cone-shaped roof where they dry hops for beer

Surface Forms

oast singular
oasts plural

Etymology

Oast comes from an old word for an 'oven' or 'kiln' used for drying crops like hops. So an oast is the special building or kiln where people dried hops for beer.