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oast

/əʊst/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊst

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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”).

noun oasts · oust · ost · east

UK A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.

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noun a kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops

Deutsch	Dörrofen, Darre

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@misc{oast_2026,
  title = {oast},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oast},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}