thatch in Portuguese

thatch in Portuguese

What does "thatch" mean?

1. noun Straw or similar plant material used to cover the roof of a building or a haystack.
2. noun A type of palm tree whose leaves are used to make thatch.
3. noun A layer of dead grass clippings and other debris that builds up on the soil under 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."
4. noun Any material that looks like straw, such as a thick head of hair.
   "Brown was a compact dark-skinned man in his forties, with strong features and a dense thatch of brown hair that sprang from his crown at an angle, though it had been brushed to either side of an indeterminate part."

thatch in a sentence

• 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.
• Brown was a compact dark-skinned man in his forties, with strong features and a dense thatch of brown hair that sprang from his crown at an angle, though it had been brushed to either side of an indeterminate part.
• An outgoing, story-telling Irishman from Butte, Montana, with his thatch of red hair and sandpapered face, Matt was the quintessential imp.

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