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Definition of Thatch

1. Verb. Cover with thatch. "Thatch the roofs"

2. Noun. Hair resembling thatched roofing material.

3. Noun. Plant stalks used as roofing material.

4. Noun. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).

5. Noun. A house roof made with a plant material (as straw).

Definition of Thatch

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

2. v. t. 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.

Definition of Thatch

1. Noun. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. ¹

2. Noun. A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. ¹

3. Noun. A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn. ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thatch

1. to cover with thatch (plant stalks or foliage) [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Thatch

1. 1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. 2. A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. Origin: OE. Thak, AS. Oaec a roof; akin to oeccean to cover, D. Dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. Dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. Oak 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, a roof, to cover, Skr. Sthag. Cf. Deck, Integument, Tile, Toga. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thatch

that clause that clauses that does it that figures that is that is it that is to say that much that one that said

that ship has sailed that time of the month that was it that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger thataway thatch (current term) thatch palm thatch tree thatched thatched roof

thatcher thatchers thatches thatchier thatchiest thatching thatchings thatchlike thatcht thatchy

Literary usage of Thatch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"ascending row of thatch. 66s 2 (nu.): a prepared sheet of thatch. ... thatch holder of coconut fronds laid over thatch to keep it from being ripped up in ..."

2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1902)
"In a certain sense the thatch may be regarded with pleasurable satisfaction asan uncommon feature, but, writes an East Anglian Rector, whose successor has ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"The roof, if it be of tile or thatch, represents a massive weight— the tiles being ... The thatch, though not so heavy, often becomes so after a long rain. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... Robert Maynard, slew thatch in a hand-to-hand struggle. His career is one of the most romantic in the history of American piracy, "Blackbeard the ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"Cut down a lot of pine branches, and thatch the framework with them till you have formed a little lean-to, which will keep off a good deal of wind and all ..."

6. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"The thatch reaches to the ground, and there is a hole left in it which ... The thatch is blackened with smoke and consequently no moss can grow there. ..."

7. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Among the Mexicans the word rancho came to signify the rude hut of posts, covered with branches or thatch, in which the ranchmen or farm-laborers lived or ..."

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