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| thatch [ thach ] |
noun (plural thatch·es) |
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1. plant material used for roof: a plant material used as roofing on a house, e.g. straw or rushes
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2. roof: a roof made of thatch
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3. hair on somebody's head: the hair on somebody's head, especially when it is thick
  The child had an unmistakable thatch of red hair.
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4. gardening layer of dead material in grass: a matted layer of dead plant material that builds up next to the soil at the base of lawn grasses
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle thatched, present participle thatch·ing, 3rd person present singular thatch·es) |
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roof building with thatch: to put a roof of thatch on a building, or work at doing this
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| [ Old English þeccan. < Indo-European "to cover"] |
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| thatched adjective |
| thatch·er noun |
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