Sekirov Dictionary

thatch

/θæt͡ʃ/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 4

noun4

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Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- Just over halfway up, we reached the Human settlement with its houses of stone and wood and thatch. This was a prewar place. — 1989
•
(figurative) Any strawlike material, such as a person's hair.
- An outgoing, story-telling Irishman from Butte, Montana, with his thatch of red hair and sandpapered face, Matt was the quintessential imp. — 2008
A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
(Caribbean) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

verb1

To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

forms

thatched · thatcht · thatching · thatches

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