oast

[ ohst ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a kiln for drying hops or malt.

oast

/ əʊst /

noun

1. a kiln for drying hops
2. Also calledoast house a building containing such kilns, usually having a conical or pyramidal roof

Word History and Origins

Origin of oast¹

before 1050; Middle English ost, Old English āst; cognate with Dutch eest

Word History and Origins

Origin of oast¹

Old English āst; related to Old Norse eisa fire

Example Sentences

I have not made another French oast recipe since I started making it this way a few years ago.

From Salon

Oram set up her own home studio in a converted rural oast house in Kent.

From Nature

The townlands were rich, with wide tilth and many orchards, and homesteads there were with oast and garner, fold and byre, and many rills rippling through the green from the highlands down to Anduin.

From Literature

With their pyramid-shaped roofs – topped with skylights – the buildings are reminiscent of English oast houses.

From The Guardian

The image depicts an oast house on a hop farm - a familiar sight in the Kent countryside.

From BBC

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