ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Thatch', Synonyms of 'Thatch' & More on 'Thatch'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

thatch
    n 1: hair resembling thatched roofing material
    2: plant stalks used as roofing material
    3: an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the
       Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) [syn: Teach,
       Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard]
    4: a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) [syn:
       thatch, thatched roof]
    v 1: cover with thatch; "thatch the roofs"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Thatch \Thatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thatched; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Thatching.] [From Thatch, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS.
   ?eccean to cover.]
   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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Thatch \Thatch\, n. [OE. thak, AS. [thorn][ae]c a roof; akin to
   [thorn]eccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G.
   dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. [thorn]ak a roof, Sw. tak,
   Dan. tag, Lith. st[=o]gas, 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.]
   1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering
      the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
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   2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of
      palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
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   Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Thatch:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

board, brick, clapboard, crop, face, fleece, glass, glaze, head, head of hair, lath, locks, mane, mat, mop, paper, plank, revet, shag, shake, sheathe, shingle, shock, slate, stone, tile, tresses, veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard

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