thatch
Collocations
4ADJ.
red, white
VERB + THATCH
made, make
THATCH + NOUN
hair
PREP.
in, out, with
Definitions
noun
Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
Just over halfway up, we reached the Human settlement with its houses of stone and wood and thatch. This was a prewar place.
Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
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.
Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
An outgoing, story-telling Irishman from Butte, Montana, with his thatch of red hair and sandpapered face, Matt was the quintessential imp.
verb
To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
name
A surname.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the
- teach
- blackbeard
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Just over halfway up, we reached the Human settlement with its houses of stone and wood and thatch. This was a prewar place.
WiktionaryMark 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 t
WiktionaryAn outgoing, story-telling Irishman from Butte, Montana, with his thatch of red hair and sandpapered face, Matt was the quintessential imp.
WiktionaryThe roof is made of thatch.
Tatoeba · #2327475Swazi women traditionally plait grass to make thatch roofs for their homes.
Tatoeba · #11479045A whole colony of wild birds nestle in the reedy thatch, and find out quiet corners in the cool shadow of that wide veranda.
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