thatch

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: TeachEdward TeachThatchEdward ThatchBlackbeardthatched roof

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  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)Synonyms: TeachEdward TeachThatchEdward ThatchBlackbeard
  4. a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)Synonyms: thatched roof

Verb (1)

  1. cover with thatch“thatch the roofs”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

2.(Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. [1913 Webster]

Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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