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Thatch

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Noun

1. thatch

hair resembling thatched roofing material

2. thatch

plant stalks used as roofing material

3. blackbeard, edward teach, edward thatch, teach, thatch

an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

4. thatch, thatched roof

a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)

Verb

5. thatch

cover with thatch

Example Sentences:
'thatch the roofs'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Thatch

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verb
4. 
to cover (a roof) with thatch
noun
1. 
a. Also called: thatching
a roofing material that consists of straw, reed, etc
b. 
a roof made of such a material
2. 
anything resembling this, such as the hair of the head
3. Also called: thatch palm
any of various palms with leaves suitable for thatching

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Thatch

see synonyms of thatch
noun
1. 
a. 
a roof or roofing of straw, rushes, palm leaves, etc.
b. 
material for such a roof
2. 
any of a number of palms whose leaves are used for thatch
: also thatch palm
3. 
anything suggestive of thatch on a roof as
a. 
the hair growing on the head
b. 
a matted layer of partly decayed leaves, stems, etc. between growing vegetation and the soil
verb transitive
4. 
to cover with or as with thatch
5. 
dethatch

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Thatch

see synonyms of thatch
n.
1. Plant stalks or foliage, such as reeds or palm fronds, used for roofing.
2. Something, such as a thick growth of hair on the head, that resembles thatch.
3. Dead turf, as on a lawn.
tr.v. thatched, thatch·ing, thatch·es
To cover with or as if with thatch.
See Edward Teach.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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