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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 hops
Familiarity information: OAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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