thatch, thatched roof
(noun) a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
thatch
(noun) hair resembling thatched roofing material
Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard
(noun) an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
thatch
(noun) plant stalks used as roofing material
thatch
(verb) cover with thatch; “thatch the roofs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thatch (countable and uncountable, plural thatches)
Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
(West Indies) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
(by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
• (straw for covering roofs or stacks): haulm
thatch (third-person singular simple present thatches, present participle thatching, simple past and past participle thatched)
To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
• hatcht
Source: Wiktionary
Thatch, n. Etym: [OE. thak, AS. Þ\'91c a roof; akin to Þeccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. Þak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan. tag, Lith. stogas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. sthag. Cf. Deck, Integument, Tile, Toga.]
1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Thatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Thatching.] Etym: [From Thatch, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS. to cover.]
Definition: 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 Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
