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thatch

UK/θæt͡ʃ/ US/ˈθætʃ/ uncommon
noun (4) verb (1)

noun

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)

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4.

a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)

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verb

1.

cover with thatch

  • “thatch the roofs”

Origin

Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”). Cognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”), Welsh to (“roof”). Related to Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”) and στέγη (stégē, “roof”). See also English deech, deck.

Phrases

  • big thatch Terms derived from thatch (noun)
  • silver thatch Terms derived from thatch (noun)
  • thatch rake Terms derived from thatch (noun)

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