Thatch

Noun

 * 1) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
 * 2) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
 * 3) A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.

Synonyms

 * haulm

Verb

 * 1) To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

Thesaurus
board, brick, clapboard, crop, face, fleece, glass, glaze, head, head of hair, lath, locks, mane, mat, mop, paper, plank, revet, shag, shake, sheathe, shingle, shock, slate, stone, tile, tresses, veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/T{tS/}}

Etymology 1
Variant of thack:, from þæc:, from, from (o-grade of). Cognate with Dutch dak:, German Dach:, Swedish tak:, Danish tag:; and with Latin toga:, Lithuanian stogas:.

Etymology 2
þeccean:, from. Cognate with Danish tække:, Dutch dekken:, German decken:, Swedish täcka:.

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: olki
 * Finnish: olki


 * French:
 * Korean: 이엉
 * Portuguese: colmo
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:

Verb

 * Chinese:


 * Finnish: kattaa oljilla
 * Portuguese: colmar
 * Scottish Gaelic: