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thatch

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1. thatch - Noun

2. thatch - Verb

3. Thatch - Proper noun

Meaning

Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Where two women rule a hearth-fire, the thatch may burn with the sparks flying. Darkovan Proverb

Thatch your roof before rainy weather, dig your well before you become parched with thirst. Chinese Proverb

Do not take the thatch from your own roof to buy slates for another man's house. Irish Proverb

Thatch your roof before rainy weather. Chinese Proverb

thatch the roofs Source: Internet

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