thatch

Speech parts

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

Synonyms

reed hair teach roof fur wool tile straw mane roofing mop Blackbeard halm haulm head of hair
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Antonyms

alopecia hairlessness hair loss

Hypernyms

coiffure roof coif hairstyle hairdo hair style

Related terms

thatcher

Phrases with the word

thatch palm thatch tree covered with thatch removed the thatch from without thatch not covered with thatch

Derivatives

thatched thatching

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

That's Why that-a-way thataway Thatch Cay thatch palm thatch rake