noun
thatch
Thatch (noun) means Straw or similar plant material used to cover the roof of a building or a haystack.
noun
1
Straw or similar plant material used to cover the roof of a building or a haystack.
2
A type of palm tree whose leaves are used to make thatch.
3
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."
— Rob Kuznia, California turns to fake grass in response to drought (2015)
4
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."
— Harriet A. Washington, Profitable Wonders (2008)
"An outgoing, story-telling Irishman from Butte, Montana, with his thatch of red hair and sandpapered face, Matt was the quintessential imp."
— Wallace Madding, The Country Club Killings: A Montana Story (2008)
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Etymology
A 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 the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”). It is cognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak and Danish tag, and also with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”) and Welsh to (“roof”). It is related to Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”) and στέγη (stégē, “roof”). See also English deech and deck.
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What is the meaning of thatch?
"thatch" (noun) means straw or similar plant material used to cover the roof of a building or a haystack.
What are the different meanings of thatch?
"thatch" has 3 main meanings: 1. Straw or similar plant material used to cover the roof of a building or a haystack; 2. A type of palm tree whose leaves are used to make thatch; 3. A layer of dead grass clippings and other debris that builds up on the soil under a lawn.
