Thatch

Quick meaning: Thatch is a noun meaning Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (Caribbean) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
2. A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
3. (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
4. To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

Example Sentences

Just over halfway up, we reached the Human settlement with its houses of stone and wood and thatch. This was a prewar place.

An outgoing, story-telling Irishman from Butte, Montana, with his thatch of red hair and sandpapered face, Matt was the quintessential imp.

Mark Ladd, the venue’s assistant director of operations, notes that the fake greenery looks authentic: the height and colour of the blades are varied, with a few brown ones thrown in to emulate dead thatch.

Word Forms

• thatches
• thatching
• thatched

Synonyms for thatch

Depending on context, synonyms include haulm, teach.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include teach, stubble, nipa, rick, stack, thack.

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