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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024thatch /θætʃ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Also, ˈthatch•ing. a material, as straw, used to cover roofs.
- a covering made of such a material.
v. [~ + object] - to cover with or as if with thatch.
thatched, adj.: a thatched roof. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thatch (thach),USA pronunciation n. - Also, thatching. a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc.
- a covering of such a material.
- the leaves of various palms that are used for thatching.
- something resembling thatch on a roof, esp. thick hair covering the head:a thatch of unruly red hair.
- Botany[Hort.]a tightly bound layer of dead grass, including leaves, stems, and roots, that builds up on the soil surface at the base of the living grass of a lawn.
v.t. - to cover with or as if with thatch.
- Botany[Hort.]to remove thatch from (a lawn);
dethatch.
- bef. 900; (verb, verbal) Middle English thacchen, variant (with a from thak dialect, dialectal thack) of thecchen, Old English theccan to cover, hide; cognate with Dutch dekken (see deck), German decken, Old Norse thekja; (noun, nominal) Middle English thacche, variant (with ch from the verb, verbal) of thak
thatch′less, adj. thatch′y, adj. Thatch (thach),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Edward. See Teach, Edward.
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