boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
coast — The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
ghost — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
grossed — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
host — the bread or wafer consecrated in the celebration of the Eucharist.
most — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
roast — to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
toast — a salutation or a few words of congratulation, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc.
crown roast — a roast consisting of ribs of lamb or pork arranged in a crown shape
french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
gold coast — a former British territory in W Africa; now a part of Ghana.
king post — a structural member running vertically between the apex and base of a triangular roof truss.
pot roast — a dish of meat, usually brisket of beef or chuck roast, stewed in one piece in a covered pot and served in its own gravy.
queen post — either of a pair of timbers or posts extending vertically upward from the tie beam of a roof truss or the like, one on each side of the center.
rib roast — a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.
riposte — a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
Three-syllable rhymes
at the most — You use at a minimum, or at the minimum, when you want to indicate that something is the very least which could or should happen.
command post — A command post is a place from which a commander in the army controls and organizes his forces.
diagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
hitching post — a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.
parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
winning post — a post on a racetrack, marking the goal of a race.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
barbary coast — coastal region of N Africa, extending from Egypt to the Atlantic, inhabited chiefly by Berbers and once (until early 19th cent.) dominated by pirates
deaf as a post — (simile) stone deaf (unable to hear at all).
ivory coast — a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence 1960. 127,520 sq. mi. (330,275 sq. km). Capital: Abidjan.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
definitive host — the organism on or in which a parasite lives in the adult stage
from pillar to post — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
intermediate host — the host in which a parasite undergoes development but does not reach sexual maturity.
observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
