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OAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oast mean? 

OAST (noun)
  The noun OAST has 1 sense:

1. a kiln for drying hopsplay

  Familiarity information: OAST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OAST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A kiln for drying hops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oast" is a kind of...):

kiln (a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks)

Holonyms ("oast" is a part of...):

oast house (a building containing an oast (a kiln for drying hops); usually has a conical or pyramidal roof)


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