thatch

«thatch» in Mova's school dictionary: a roof covering made of straw, reeds or similar dried… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (thatch — usually uncountable; a thatch); verb (thatch, thatches, thatched, thatching)

meaning for a pupil

1) Thatch is a roof covering made of straw, reeds or similar dried plants laid thickly. tree →

2) To thatch a roof is to cover it with thatch. tree →

3) (informal) A thatch of hair is a thick, untidy mass of hair. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, many old cottages in England, Ireland and elsewhere had thatched roofs; people in Iron Age roundhouses used thatch too. A thatcher is a person who thatches roofs. Thatch keeps rain out because water runs down the steep straw.

examples

• The cottage had a roof of golden thatch. tree →
• The thatcher thatched the roof with reeds. tree →
• Birds were nesting in the thatch. tree →
• Iron Age roundhouses were covered with thatch. tree →
• He had a thick thatch of red hair. tree →
• A thatched roof needs replacing every few decades. tree →

note

Adjective: thatched («a thatched cottage»). Person: thatcher. Ends in -tch; plural verb form «thatches».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «thatch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.