a kiln for drying hops, malt, or tobacco
Origin of oast
Middle English ost from Old English ast from Germanic an unverified form aist- from Indo-European base an unverified form ai-dh-, to burn from source edifyoast
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oast
noun
A kiln for drying hops or malt or drying and curing tobacco.
Origin of oast
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Sentence Examples
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