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Pos: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun thatch has 4 senses

1.  thatch(n = noun.body) - hair resembling thatched roofing material;
is a kind of
coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle

2.  thatch(n = noun.substance) - plant stalks used as roofing material;
is a kind of
roofing material
Derived form verb thatch1

3.  thatch(n = noun.person) blackbeard, edward teach, edward thatch, teach - an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718);
is a kind of buccaneer, pirate, sea robber, sea rover

4.  thatch(n = noun.artifact) thatched roof - a house roof made with a plant material (as straw);
is a kind of roof
Derived form verb thatch1


Verb thatch has 1 senses

   thatch(v = verb.contact) - cover with thatch; "thatch the roofs"
is one way to
roof
Derived forms noun thatch4, noun thatch2, noun thatcher2
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

thatch, n. [OE. thak, AS. þæc a roof; akin to þeccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. þak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan. tag, Lith. stōgas, 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.  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.]

thatch, v. t. [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]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

thatch, n. & v.
--n.
1 a roof-covering of straw, reeds, palm-leaves, or similar material.
2 colloq. the hair of the head.
--v.tr. (also absol.) cover (a roof or a building) with thatch.

Derivative:
thatcher n.

Etymology:
n. late collateral form of thack (now dial.) f. OE th{aelig}c, after v. f. OE theccan f. Gmc, assim. to thack


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Covering

N  covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.


[RELATED WORDS]

edward thatch, silver thatch, thatch palm, thatch tree