Meaning

1 senses

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

More definitions
  • cover with thatch

Examples

17 sentences

  1. Tom lives in a house that has a thatched roof.

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  2. The roof is made of thatch.

    ruКрыша сделана из соломы. — marafon

    deDas Dach ist aus Stroh. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. This house has a thatched roof.

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  4. The house has a thatched roof.

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  5. Tom's house has a thatched roof.

    ruУ дома Тома соломенная крыша. — odexed

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English thacchen, from Old English þeċċan, þeċċean (“to cover”), from Proto-We

From Middle English thacchen, from Old English þeċċan, þeċċean (“to cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to cover”), from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“cover, covering”, noun) (see above).

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Forms

thatches, thatching, thatched, thatched
Base formthatch · to thatch
3rd person singularthatches
Present participlethatching
Past simplethatched
Past participlethatched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythatch
he, she, itthatches

Past simpleLesson

all personsthatched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thatched
he, she, ithas thatched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill thatch

Word family

6 related words
Relatedthatcher
Derivedbethatchrethatchthatchedthatchingunthatch

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
that'dthat'llthat'sthatcherthawtheA1
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