thatch
Pronunciation: /θæt͡ʃ/
The English word “thatch” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- 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.
- Any strawlike material, such as a person's hair.
verb
Etymology
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”),…
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