thatch
Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of…Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
» Tom lives in a house that has a thatched roof.
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
Reet, Dachstroh
соло́маsolóma
(Caribbean, countable, uncountable)Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
(countable, uncountable)A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any strawlike material, such as a person's hair.
hair resembling thatched roofing material
Examples
17 sentencesTom lives in a house that has a thatched roof.
The roof is made of thatch.
ruКрыша сделана из соломы. — marafon
deDas Dach ist aus Stroh. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This house has a thatched roof.
The house has a thatched roof.
Tom's house has a thatched roof.
ruУ дома Тома соломенная крыша. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”).
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Forms
plural: thatchesSynonyms
6 synonyms- a house roof made with a plant material (as straw):thatched roof
- an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718):TeachEdward TeachEdward ThatchBlackbeard
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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